PDPS urges NDDB to take over shut Ongole Dairy to protect Prakasam milk farmers
The Prakasam Dairy Parirakshana Samithi (PDPS) has requested the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to take over the Ongole Dairy to protect local milk farmers. The dairy, which has been closed, is crucial for small-scale farmers and has faced issues like milk adulteration. The PDPS believes that NDDB's management is essential for ensuring a stable livelihood for farmers and providing pure milk to consumers.
- ▪PDPS members have urged NDDB to take over Ongole Dairy to safeguard milk producers' interests.
- ▪The dairy is currently shut and has been facing operational and financial challenges.
- ▪The NDDB previously managed the dairy successfully, improving milk procurement and benefiting local farmers.
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The members of the Prakasam Dairy Parirakshana Samithi (PDPS) have urged the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to take over Prakasam Milk Producer Company Ltd. (PMPCL, also known as Ongole Dairy) to safeguard the interest of milk-producing farmers of the district.PDPS members Balina Rama Subba Rao, K. Vasu, Ginnarasaiah, U. Simhadri and N. Rama Rao submitted a representation to 20-Point Programme Chairman Lanka Dinakar in Ongole on Monday (May 25, 2026) evening. Ongole bull breed faces extinction due to mechanisationThey said, “Ongole Dairy has fallen sick and it remains shut at present. The majority of the milk producers are small-scale farmers, landless labourers and socially and economically backward classes and women.
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