The number of villagers who have missed loan installments has increased and debt collectors are not going to let them go easily. A number of confrontational situations have been reported from the North, and North-central provinces where the villagers have confronted the debt collectors. Many villagers who spoke to lank newline said that ‘they just can’t afford to keep up with the installments as their crops have been ruined by the lack of fertilizer.
Farmer’s organizations are in the process of making representations to the government to put in place proper debt collection procedures that provide the debaters’ protection and allow them to safeguard their dignity.