Supply adequate Aavin milk: OPS

Chennai : AIADMK Coordinator O Panneerselvam charged that the DMK government was not supplying adequate Aavin milk and its related products for the consumers. Though DMK government has reduced Aavin milk prices by Rs 3, the rates of curd was increased from Rs 27 to Rs 30 per litre and the ghee price has been hiked from Rs 515 to Rs 535 per litre, he said. The AIADMK coordinator said that as of now, the supply of Aavin milk was less in the booths, and in addition, the milk was not available for the public after 8 am. Sometimes, only premium Aavin milk is available and people are pushed to purchase milk produced by private companies for higher prices, he added. The deputy leader of the opposition in the House also claimed that at present, it was also reported that 100 grams and 200 grams of ghee are not available in Aavin booths and only 500 grams and 1 kg ghee were available. “Due to this, poor and middle-class people could not spend Rs 540 to buy 1 kg ghee,” he said. Since the consumer base has increased, Panneerselvam also asked the state government to increase the milk production, besides selling 100 grams and 200 grams of milk-related products in the Aavin booths, which would benefit the common and poor people.