Several dairy farm traders at West Patiya under Patiya upazila here poured huge quantity of dairy milk onto the street yesterday protesting low price of milk.
Sources said traders of several dairy farms staged a demonstration at Shikalbaha intersection on the other bank of the Karnaphuli at around 11:00am demanding the government interference in saving the dairy milk sector from ruin.
They said over 200 dairy farms located at different unions at West Patiya have been facing huge losses in the last few weeks following poor sale of the product.
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