INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Dairy farmers in Karachi announced the milk price hiked by Rs23 per litre on Wednesday.The new wave of inflation, shall instantly affect the
consumers as the farmers across the city shall sell milk to the middlemen at the price of Rs108 per litre.However, the government has fixed
the price of milk at Rs94 per litre.According to the Dairy Farm Association chief Shakir Umar, the speechs between farmers and Commissioner
Karachi yielded no result which led to the price hike.&We used to sell milk at Rs85 per litre to the middlemen, however we have now started
implementing the price increase,& he said.The official statement said that the recent price increased after the transport charges went up,
higher cow fodder costs and other expenses.It is now up to the middlemen and shopkeepers to decide when they want to increase the milk price
and pass the hike to the consumer, he commented.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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