Click to play videoMumbai: Mumbai could face a milk shortage in the coming days. Suppliers across Maharshtra have prevented over 25 lakh litre of milk from entering Mumbai and Thane. They preferred instead to give it away or even throw it away.
Says a resident of Mumbai, "Milk shortage is going to hit us hard,”
"We don't even have milk for the children or to make tea,” adds another.
Says Chairman, Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathan, Raju Shetty, "We are giving it away for free to children and villagers. We can't do business with dairies. It is not viable.”
Suppliers complain that it is economically unviable to do business with city dairies.
Some facts about milk in the market:
- A litre of cow's milk fetches Rs 18 in the retail market.
- The cost of production is Rs 14.
- Suppliers only get Rs 9 per litre.
Similarly a litre of buffalo's milk fetches Rs 25 in the retail market while its cost of production is Rs 18. Yet suppliers make only Rs 12 per litre.
The city is likely to face a shortfall of 10 lakh litre of milk. Dairies are meanwhile making alternative arrangements to get over the crisis by sourcing the milk from Gujarat.
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