Purbasthali Farmers Face Ruin: Flower Saplings Rot, Market Prices Halved

• Purbasthali flower farmers face severe losses as saplings rot due to oversupply and lack of buyers.
• Despite cultivating with loans, farmers are forced to sell marigold and chrysanthemum saplings at half the production cost.
• Increased competition from nearly two hundred nurseries in Purbasthali has saturated the market.
• Farmers like Pranab Biswas and Nitai Chandra Shil lament unsold stock and significant financial ruin.
• The nursery industry, a key alternative farming sector in Purba Bardhaman, is now in crisis.

Why It Matters: Purbasthali farmers face financial ruin as flower saplings rot due to market saturation and low prices.