Madhya Pradesh’s popular Sanchi milk powder will be made available to Nepal’s earthquake victims. The decision follows a communication from the Centre to the Madhya Pradesh Milk Federation to send relief to Nepal.
“The Madhya Pradesh Dairy Federation has received a letter to supply milk powder to quake-hit Nepal from the Centre. The Federation’s managing director has given consent for the same at a meeting in New Delhi,” Federation spokesperson said.
Through the efforts of the dairy federation, order for supply of 400 MT white butter has been received by Bhopal and Ujjain dairy federations from the Haryana dairy federation.
Demand for Sanchi ghee and butter in the State is constantly rising. During the last four months, the sale of Sanchi ghee rose from 1,100 MT to 1,600 MT. The sale of butter through all Sanchi parlours and booths in the State has gone up to 27 tonnes from 10 tonnes.
In view of milk collection situation in the state, a special task force headed by the Chief Secretary had recommended to increase annual milk collection by 26 per cent. Through efforts of the federation, milk collection has been increased by 36 per cent in place of 26 per cent. New Sanchi products including sweets and thandai have also been made available in the market.
Keeping in view quality and purity of Sanchi products, 450 MT whole milk powder will be sent to the country’s defence forces. Order of 23 MT whole milk and 10 thousand KG ghee has been received from Indo-Tibetan Border Police. The materials will be sent to the defence forces soon. Orders are also likely to come from other important institutions of the State.