Mother Dairy, the milk and milk products major and subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), on Friday said it has taken adequate measures to ensure that there would be no disruption in supply of milk or other products. 

 

“We welcome PM’s appeal to exercise restraint from panic buying of essential food items such as milk and that there will be no disruption in supply of the same. At Mother Dairy, we will work relentlessly and leave no stone unturned to ensure that people of Delhi don’t face any shortage of milk. We are fully geared up to ensure that every citizen of NCR is provided with milk in the most hygienic condition. We would like to inform our consumers that we have already taken all adequate measures to ensure the required stock to meet consumer demands.

 

In order to serve consumers, we have aligned our procurement network across locations to make requisite arrangements at all levels to ensure timely delivery with strict adherence to quality norms. As an essential commodity of daily nutrition, we are also making alternative arrangements to address challenging situation due to Covid-19,” a spokesperson from Mother Dairy Fuit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd said.”

 

The company sells more than 30 lakh litre of milk per day in Delhi NCR and operates a network of around 850 milk booths in the National Capital Region.  

 

The spokesperson said, “Mother Dairy had put in place strict protocols around the collection of milk to minimise person-to person contact and thus to ensure safety at collection, processing and distribution levels.”

 

The spokesperson further stressed that the company is aware of the grave threat posed by Covid-19 and in order to maintain the requisite hygiene at all levels is actively advising its stakeholders on precautions detailed by varied authorities. Right from procurement to processing, logistics and retail network, we are constantly monitoring our operations to ensure supply chain is seamless and precautions are adhered too.