Kashmir Dairy Farmers Dump Milk In Drains As Covid Curbs Hit Demand

In Pulwama, the highest milk producing district in the region, distressed farmers brought truckloads of milk cans to Industrial Estate Lassipora and threw it in a drain.

Dairy farmers in Kashmir are dumping thousands of litres of milk down the drain due to lowered demand, which they blame on the COVID-19 lockdown. In Pulwama, the highest milk producing district in the region, distressed farmers brought truckloads of milk cans to Industrial Estate Lassipora and threw it in a drain. They didn't find buyers after dairy plants at the Industrial Estate refused to buy milk citing subdued demand due to lockdown. "For over last one month we are selling only 40 per cent of the milk. There are no buyers because of lockdown," said Rafiq Ahmad, a dairy farmer.