The 21-day lockdown across India to contain the Covid-19 pandemic has hit Karnataka’s vibrant rural economy hard. Milk producers, sericulturists, flower cultivators, fruit and vegetable growers and many others who survive on daily income are facing unspeakable difficulties in almost every district of the state.
Karnataka is the second largest milk producer after Gujarat in India. The state-run dairy behemoth Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) collection centres at many villages have stopped functioning due to a huge drop in demand.
The producers who survive on selling milk to the KMF are dumping thousands of litres into tanks, lakes and even rivers.
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