PATNA: To meet the growing demand for milk from Bihar and outside, Sudha Dairy, owned by Bihar State Milk Co-operative Producers Federation Limited (Compfed), is currently working
on a plan to increase its milk output by over 50% by the end of 2011-12 fiscal.
According to official sources, at present, Compfed has 14 dairies with a daily production of 14 lakh litres. This is sought to be increased to 22 lakh litres by the end of current financial year.
With this objective, Compfed is setting up several new dairies and expanding the capacities of many old ones.
Sources said that three new dairies are likely to be commissioned by this fiscal at Biharsharif, Dehri-On-Sone and Jamui. While Biharsharif dairy will have a capacity of 4 lakh litres per day, Dehri-On-Sone will produce 1 lakh litres of milk daily and Jamui dairy 10,000 litres daily.
Besides, the capacity of Samastipur Dairy is being expanded to 5 lakh litres from 2.5 lakh litres daily and of Muzaffarpur dairy to 2.5 lakh litres daily from the present 1.5 lakh litres. The capacities of Compfed’s other dairies at Ara, Gaya, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Darbhanga, Kaimur and Bokaro are also being expanded.
Meanwhile, demand for Sudha Dairy’s milk from within Bihar and outside Bihar remains buoyant. Said an official, “We are currently supplying milk to Delhi, UP, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal and Assam. There is demand from Andhra Pradesh and other areas too. On the other hand, local demand, too, has gone up.” Sudha Dairy is geared up to meet this demand, he said.
With the huge shortage of milk & milk products and rampant adulteration there is promising potential in organized and modern dairy farming. We can support setting up 50-200 cow/buffalo mechanized dairy farming in Bihar. For details send email at: foodandagroconsultant@gmail.com