WR to do milk runs to ensure supply

Mumbai | Wednesday | 18th July, 2018

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If the situation persists, we’ll have to approach private agencies.”The ‘milk blockade’ called by the Raju Shetti-led Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) has impacted milk supply to several other cities. The milk trains could be delayed by heavy rain in Gujarat on Tuesday, which led to several trains being cancelled and short-terminated. The additional milk tankers are being attached to the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central passenger train.” These tankers will be in addition to two tankers currently transporting milk to the city on the Saurashtra Express every day. DCP Deepak Deoraj, spokesperson, Mumbai Police, said milk tankers from Kolhapur have reached the city. Now, the railway will be bringing in 12 tankers of milk to Mumbai over the next six days..