CHANDIGARH: The government of Punjab in India has forwarded a proposal to the Ministry of External Affairs to remove all the obstacles in importing buffaloes from Pakistan, according to a news report in Times of India.
The government has proposed to import buffaloes from the cities of Kasoor and Lahore which are 50-kilometers away from the state of Punjab.
Chandigarh, being the heart of Punjab, remains famous for its culinary delights and consumption of dairy items. The average daily consumption of milk in the state of Punjab is estimated to be 6.75 lakh litres per day.
According to a news report in Times of India, Indian buffaloes produce 4.5 - eight litres of milk in a day whereas Pakistani bred buffaloes, which are also known as Nili-Ravi and Kundli, can produce 36 litres of milk per day.
The decreasing population of buffaloes and lower production of milk in the state has been considered a problem for the past five years which is why the government resorts to artificial means of increasing milk yield.
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