Amid farmers' protest over alleged scarcity of urea in some parts of Odisha, the state government on Sunday closed 30 fertiliser shops and suspended licences of 62 dealers during enforcement drives, an official statement said.

To check the black marketing and stolen or fake fertilisers, enforcement teams, comprising officers from agriculture, revenue and police departments, have been constituted at the district and block levels, it said.

Regular surprise checks of retail and wholesale points of fertilisers are being conducted across the state to check any illegal activity.