ALLAHABAD: Rendered redundant through the free availability of packed pasteurised milk, the 129-year-old army dairy farm situated in Chauphatka area of the town—the oldest within the nation—will soon be closed down.
Established in 1889, the dairy farm is one of the 25 army dairy farms to be closed through the Union ministry of defence. Sources said that the farm is expected to be closed within the next 3 months, in spite of everything formalities are finished.
The factor had first surfaced in 1992-93, when the defence ministry had claimed that cattle rearing was once not the core responsibility for the Indian Army and the military will have to supply packed milk, freely available available in the market, to the warriors. The final orders for the closure of the dairy farms came in May, 2017 and the orders are being implemented now.
The farm is house to many cows, together with 550 cows of the Frieswal breed. These animals would be handed over to Sudha, a milk co-operative unit of the Bihar state executive, at a nominal price of Rs 1,000 in keeping with cow.
Sudha, owned through Bihar State Milk Co-operative Federation Ltd has, additionally proven passion in purchasing the cattle at army dairy farms in Ranchi. The co-operative of Uttrakhand executive would be purchasing cows from the opposite four army farms within the state, together with those in Lucknow , Meerut, Agra and Bareilly. . No cooperative has yet proven passion within the army dairy farm at Jhansi. “The co-operative from Bihar executive has approached us and when they deposit the money, cows would be shifted and the farm would be shut,” said in control of the farm, Lt Col Gyan Prakash.
Established in 1889, the dairy farm is one of the 25 army dairy farms to be closed through the Union ministry of defence. Sources said that the farm is expected to be closed within the next 3 months, in spite of everything formalities are finished.
The factor had first surfaced in 1992-93, when the defence ministry had claimed that cattle rearing was once not the core responsibility for the Indian Army and the military will have to supply packed milk, freely available available in the market, to the warriors. The final orders for the closure of the dairy farms came in May, 2017 and the orders are being implemented now.
The farm is house to many cows, together with 550 cows of the Frieswal breed. These animals would be handed over to Sudha, a milk co-operative unit of the Bihar state executive, at a nominal price of Rs 1,000 in keeping with cow.
Sudha, owned through Bihar State Milk Co-operative Federation Ltd has, additionally proven passion in purchasing the cattle at army dairy farms in Ranchi. The co-operative of Uttrakhand executive would be purchasing cows from the opposite four army farms within the state, together with those in Lucknow , Meerut, Agra and Bareilly. . No cooperative has yet proven passion within the army dairy farm at Jhansi. “The co-operative from Bihar executive has approached us and when they deposit the money, cows would be shifted and the farm would be shut,” said in control of the farm, Lt Col Gyan Prakash.
129-year military dairy farm to close down
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