Milk farmers strike in Maharashtra intensifies as protesters return tankers

Tankers loaded with milk have been returned to Gujarat, a few tankers guarded with armed forces entering into Maharashtra though

Milk farmers’ protest in Maharashtra intensified on the second day on Tuesday as protesters led by the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana leader and Member of Parliament Raju Shetti returned dozens of tankers loaded with milk to their respective origins in Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. All senior protesting Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana leaders have been detained at the Bund Garden police station, Pune, Tuesday evening. It was, however, not known whether police have detained Shetti also.

Protesting farmers and their leaders claim that milk collection by the corporate owned chilling centres and bulk dealers has declined to 10 per cent now. While farmers