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Milk producers plan agitation in Chennai

SALEM: Demanding increase in the milk procurement price, Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Association has announced that its producers will stage an agitation in front of the Secretariat in Chennai on December 14.

According to its president K Mohammed Ali, the association had urged the Chief Minister to raise the price by Rs. 5 per litre for cow milk and Rs. 8 for the buffalo milk irrespective of the fat content.

The association also condemned the Chief Minister's reported statement that he would hold a meeting with producers and consumers before taking a decision. “This will lead to a sort of misunderstanding with consumers. It is a ploy to postpone the decision on our demand,” he said.

He also urged that fodder should be supplied to producers at subsidised cost.

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