SHILLONG: The milk collection centre and laboratory-cum-office of Iatyllilang Multipurpose Cooperative Society, HQ Mawshaidong, Nongpiur-Myrkhan, was inaugurated by Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong at Myrkhan, Upper Shillong on Thursday.
While maintaining that cattle, poultry and piggery farming have been a sustainable livelihood sector in the state, Tynsong said that the sanctioned amount of Rs 220 crore through National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) will be utilised for various training under dairy farm, chilling centre and purchase of milch animal.
The chairman of Meghalaya Farmers Empowerment Commission, KN Kumar stated that 27 per cent of the state’s children are malnourished due to lack of special protein present in milk. He informed that the per capita milk availability in Meghalaya is much lower than the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR’s) recommendation of milk consumption per person.
Urban Affairs Minister Hamletson Dohling also spoke on the occasion.
