Kathmandu. The sale desk of the Dairy Development Corporation (DDC) has come into operation at Bishal Chowk of Bharatpur. General Manager of the Corporation Dr. Sharan Kumar Pandey and Ward Chairman of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-11 Kamal Bahadur Malla jointly inaugurated the sale.

Only the products of the organization will be sold in the sales room. Pradeep Pandit, the owner of the famous Dairy Products and General Stores, said that 20 items including milk, curd, ghee, paneer, cheese are available. He said that the sale hall has been started for the convenience and quality of the citizens. The corporation is a public corporation wholly owned by the government. It collects milk from farmers in rural areas and prepares various dairy products and supplies them to consumers in urban areas.

The corporation’s general manager Pandey said that 10 sales outlets selling only DDC’s products in different areas of Chitwan will be brought into operation within three months. He informed that the cells will be set up in Bharatpur, Sauraha, Ratnanagar, West Chitwan and Madi of the district. There are 35 units in the country so far.

At present, the organization has milk processing plants in Balaju, Hetauda, Biratnagar, Butwal, Nepalgunj and Dhangadhi of Kathmandu. Preparations are being made to operate the factory in Pokhara in the near future. Currently, the corporation collects 35,000 liters of milk daily, processes it and sends it to the market.