KOLKATA: Milk supply in parts of the city and adjoining areas continued to remain affected on Saturday with Mother Dairy struggling to restore normalcy. Areas in Salt Lake , Kestopur, Newtown, Paikpara, Dum Dum Road remained dry. A few areas in Howrah were also affected.
“We are trying to restore supply using our own fleet of vans. But that is yet to compensate the shortage created after some distributors failed to supply milk,” a Mother Dairy official said.
Dairy officials tried to plug the gaps where distributors turned non-cooperative. “We are hopeful that the situation will be brought under control in the next few days. But we may face fresh troubles during the lean season for milk that begins in April-May,” an official said.
The state-run dairy, which supplies mainly to Kolkata and adjoining areas, has around 250 outlets. Earlier this month, some of the distributors had sent a 10-point charter of demands to Mother Dairy chief general manager Susmita Mukherjee.
The dairy, which has so far been running independently and generating its own financial resources, was also hit hard after raw milk suppliers demanded more money. Distributors have also demanded enhanced incentives while many of them are yet to clear arrears to the dairy.