By Our Correspondent,Charikot (Dolakha), Apr. 22: Dolakha district has become self-sufficient in milk. The district has become self-reliant in milk production due to the increase in the commercial raising of cows and buffaloes recently.
With good income from milk and the beginning of collection of milk from the villages, a number of local people are attracted towards cattle rearing.
Due to increased milk production, the surplus milk after meeting the demand within the district, dairy products have been supplied to different districts recently.
During the first nine months of the current fiscal year, more than 40,000 kg of chhurpi was supplied from Dolakha to other districts, according to Pradip Sivakoti, chief accountant of Dolakha Dairy Industry.
In the fiscal year 2022/23, around 12,334 kg of chhurpi was supplied from Dolakha to Ilam and Kathmandu. Around 6,800 kg of chhurpi was supplied from Dolakha to Kathmandu last fiscal year.
Now, Dolakha dairy has focused on the production of dairy products, including yogurt, paneer, chhurpi, ghee and butter and sweets. At present, 4,100 litres of milk is being collected in Dolakha Dairy Industry on a daily basis, he said.
Sivakoti said that they are collecting milk from eight municipalities of Dolakha and Khimti of Ramechhap. Around 600 litres of milk is being collected daily from Khimti.
He said that the farmers are getting reasonable price of milk and a single farmer earns hundreds of thousands from the sale of milk annually. Hari Phuyal, a resident of Bhimeshwor Municipality-8, has been receiving a monthly payment of Rs. 179,200 from the sale of milk.
According to the industry, he has been selling around 2,560 litres of milk to the Dolakha Dairy Industry every month. The industry has been paying Rs. 60 to Rs. 75 per litre for cow milk and Rs. 75 to Rs. 100 per litre for buffalo milk.
During the nine months of the current fiscal year, around 720,000 litres of milk was collected and sold by the industry. The industry has operated Dolakha Dairy and Agro Mart near Minbhawan in Kathmandu to sell delicious milk and dairy products to citizens of Dolakha living in Kathmandu Valley as well as other consumers.
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