No cold storage, facilities: Mumbai dairy farmers struggle as supply falls amid fresh Covid curbs

As Maharashtra imposes stricter curbs to control the spread of virus, dairy farmers in the state grapples with severe hardships as supply falls in view of curfew timings.

Shiraz Usman Salema struggles with cleaning up his buffalo shed. Out of the 11 workmen he had, three have fled since the Maharashtra government announced lockdown to deal with the second wave of Covid-19. But that is the least of his problems. The biggest worry is that his 100 buffalos are being milked twice a day, while he finds customers only one time a day. Earlier this week, the Maharashtra government announced stricter measures to control the spread of infection as the state continues to register more than 60,000 fresh cases every day. One of the curbs put in place was that shops selling essential commodities would be only open for four hours between 7 am and 11 am. This curb was put in place on April 20 and will continue till May 1. ALSO READ: Coronavirus in India: Over 3.49 lakh Covid-19 cases, 2,767 deaths in new record high