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Dairy farmers of Lar area in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district are dumping hundreds of litres of milk down the drain every day since last month due to a dip in demand.
According to the dairy farmers in Repora village of Lar tehsil here, which is one of the highest milk producing villages, plummeting demand for milk during the last one month has forced them to dump hundreds of litres of milk in drains, implying huge losses to farmers.