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JAMMU, NOV 17
Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Mr Abdul Aziz Zargar today inaugurated Amul Snowcap Milk Parlour, the first of its kind in the country at Railway Station Jammu in connection with the ongoing 53rd Cooperative Week Celebrations. The parlour has been allotted to Jammu and Kashmir Milk Producers Cooperative Limited (JKMPCL) by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC).
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Zargar said that parlour would provide fresh and nutritive milk products to passengers during their journey adding that Indian Railway has taken remarkable initiatives by allotting the milk parlour to JKMPCL. He said that with the opening of the milk parlour at Jammu Railway Station, the milk products of the state which are very good in taste and highly nutritious would be showcased not only within the country but outside the country as well, as heterogeneous and multi-national passengers would get an opportunity to buy the milk products from the parlour while coming and going from Jammu Railway Station. He said that with viable and developed diary cooperative like Amul, the milk producers and consumers would be saved from the exploitation by vendors.
The Minister said that the said milk parlour which has been established by the JKMPCL milk plant Satwari Jammu in collaboration with Amul is fetching milk from 115 diary societies of Jammu, Udhampur and Kathua districts. He said that 15,000 liters of snowcap brand milk are being provided to the consumers of Jammu city while as 30,000 liters are provided to the consumers of Srinagar city daily.
Mr Zargar said that the Jammu and Kashmir state is marching towards self-sufficiency in milk production as well as in mutton and egg production. He said that more than 400 milk cooperative societies have been set up in the state under National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC). He said that 1,30,000 poultry birds are produced in the state per month by various poultry societies.
The Minister asked JKMPCL to reach out the milk producers in remote and far-flung rural areas of the state for organizing milk cooperative societies so as to save them from exploitation by providing better marketing facilities for their milk products. He said that under dairy development programme ample job opportunities can be generated for both skilled and unskilled people especially in rural areas.
Divisional Traffic Manager Northern Railway Jammu Mr. A.K. Mittoo, Chief Executive Officer JKMPCL Mr. Sanjeev Dixit besides large number of passengers were present on the occasion.
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