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Palanpur: Shouting anti-government slogans at top of their lungs, milk producers spilled hundreds of litres of milk on road in scarcity hit Harij taluka of Patan district on Monday. With this the milk producers will get Rs 550 per kg fat, against current rate of Rs 525 per kg fat. At the current procurement prices we can hardly maintain the cattle. Government has promised to provide fodder at Rs 2 per kg but it is not made available. They were protesting against low price of milk and non-availability of fodder for their livestock.General secretary of Maldhari Vikas Sangthan, Gujarat, Karan Desai, leading the protest, said, “Neither do we get fodder nor do we get adequate prices for our milk..