As a section of dairy farmers in Erode on Friday emptied containers of milk on the road in a dramatic gesture commencing agitations for a better procurement price, the Tamil Nadu government denied that the protests had caused a shortage of milk anywhere in the State.
The dairy farmers are demanding a raise of Rs 7 per litre of milk.
Their counterparts in Madurai and other parts of the state too brought along their cows and demonstrated similarly on the roads.
Demanding a hike in milk procurement prices, the agitating farmers said that they are burdened by the increase in the cost of cow feed and alleged that the payment for procured milk is often delayed, as per a report by ANI.
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