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Rupandehi farmers distribute milk for free

Milk is being distributed for free, in Sainamaina, Rupandehi, during the lockdown, on Monday, April 20, 2020.

Butwal, April 20

Dairy farmers in Rupandehi district have begun distributing milk to the consumers for free as they failed to supply it to other markets due to travel restrictions during the lockdown.

The Saljhandi Dairy Producer Cooperative in Saljhandi, Sainamaina municipality-10 of the district, distributed milk to the local consumers in Sainamaina and Butwal today. It also provided milk for free to Province 5 Chief Minister Shankar Pokhrel and other provincial ministers.

The cooperative collects 4,000 to 5,000 litres of milk every day. “We can’t stop buying milk from the farmers,” the cooperative’s chairman Tilak Ram Ghimire says, “So, instead of throwing it away, we distribute it free now onwards, incurring loss to ourselves.”

It is estimated that the loss amounts to Rs 50,000 per day.

He informs that the cooperative is coordinating with Sainamaina municipality for distribution.

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