Relocation of dairies may milk Agra dry

Vijay Upadhyay
Agra. In a town where almost all major political figures are "milkmen", the dairies can be shifted out of the city by the end of February creating an unprecedented crisis of milk in Agra.
With Agra being notified as the 27th metropolitan city of the country, more than 700 dairies would be relocated almost 20-25 km away from the city centre.
Dairy owners have made big money in this town before and after Independence with the power of bovine intervention ultimately pushing them into local politics. Currently, a number of major political figures of the town are engaged in this profession, owning large, ISO certified dairies located deep inside the municipal limits of Agra, some of them even members of the UP Legislative Assembly.

Lately, the town planners have made several efforts to get dairies out to give Agra a cleaner image. But the situation could change drastically with the Agra Development Authority issuing notices to the dairy owners to move their cattlesheds out of the city's extended municipal limits in accordance with the Supreme Court order that has been awaiting compliance for a long time.

While the notice has created panic among the dairy owners, it has also raised milk price by more than Rs 2 per litre and the dairy owners are predicting a rise of another Rs 2-3 per litre with the advent of summers creating a shortage of milk in the town.
But the city authorities are apparently unfazed with this new tactic applied by the influential dairy owner lobby to pressurise the authorities.
According to the vice-chairman, Agra Development Authority, Shashikant Sharma, the sight of cattle moving to and fro at the gate of the Taj Mahal and other monuments besides the rest of the city, presented a very unpleasant sight to the tourists. A lot of tourists had objected to the authorities about the unrestricted movement of cattle at the monuments. Accordingly, it has been decided by the Agra Development Authority that all cattle shall be moved out of the city municipal limits.'

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