Milk price in Karachi increased by Rs10/ litre to Rs 150

Milk price in Karachi has been increased by Rs10 per litre without any official notification.

Karachi Dairy and Cattle Farmers Association has overnight raised the rate of essential commodity on its own.

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The milk is being sold at Rs 150 per litre in the metropolis against the government rate of Rs120 per litre whereas the city administration and Sindh government are play the role of silent spectator over the arbitrary action of Karachi Dairy and Cattle Farmers Association.

It is pertinent to mention here, on December 8 2021, the commissioner of Karachi after talks the representatives of Karachi Dairy and Cattle Farmers Association had fixed the milk price at Rs 120 per litre. But ignoring the officially fixed price, the milk had been sold at the rate of Rs140 in the city since then without any government’s check.

Now again the essential commodity price has been raised without the approval of the authorities concerned.

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The Diary Farmers Association has claimed that the price of per 40-litre milk has been increased by Rs320.