KARACHI: The milk sellers have hiked the milk price by Rs10 per litre to Rs90 to Rs95 against the official price of Rs70 per kg in the provincial capital.
The hike in prices was observed after the government crackdown on milk sellers. The wholesalers claimed that dairy farmers had increased the rate of milk from Rs73 to Rs84 per litre and it was for this reason that the wholesalers and retailers, too, had to revise the prices.
All Karachi Milk Wholesalers Association representative Mohammad Rafiq, while talking to media, said that the dairy farmers supplied milk at the rate of Rs2,765 per 37.5 litres till Sunda, but they started supplying milk at Rs3,150 per 37.5 litres from Monday evening.
He claimed that the wholesalers had to pass on the price difference to the retailers. Subsequently, the milk was being sold in the retail market at prices ranging between Rs90 and Rs95 per litre.
