Ludhiana, Jan. 27 -- Dairy farmers on Monday assured local bodies minister Dr Ravjot Singh and Rajya Sabha MP Balbir Singh Seechewal that they would dump cow dung only at the designated sites until the civic body hires a contractor for door-to-door lifting of cow dung, the minister said.

Meetings with dairy farmers were conducted in the Tajpur road dairy complex and Haibowal dairy complex to find a unanimous solution to stop the dumping of cow dung into the Buddha Nullah.

The meeting with the dairy farmers of Tajpur road complex was held at 225-MLD Jamalpur STP of the civic body while the meeting with dairy farmers of Haibowal dairy complex was held on the complex premises.

Minister Ravjot Singh said that the Municipal Corporation (MC)...