Hetauda, Aug. 6 -- State-owned Dairy Development Corporation initiated the process to import 30,000 litres of fresh milk daily from Patna Dairy, India after market demand outstripped domestic production.
Corporation officials signed an agreement to import the dairy product during their Patna visit last week.
"Fresh milk will start arriving after a few days," said Ganesh Kumar Yadav, chief of the Hetauda Dairy Distribution Project. "We have been forced to import milk from India as domestic production is not enough to meet market demand. The milk imported from Patna will be supplied to Kathmandu."
The industry is in the midst of a milk shortage as the lean season lasts from April to August, and private dairies in Chitwan and Pokhara have a...