Rs340 million Murrah buffalo scheme fails farmers in Karnali

Farmers suffered huge losses as the improved Haryana buffaloes failed to thrive in the hills. Most farmers have already sold off the animals at throwaway prices.

Two years ago, Man Bahadur Khadka from ward 11 of Birendranagar Municipality, Surkhet, bought two Murrah buffaloes from Nepalgunj’s Rahamat Suppliers at Rs150,000 each. He received a government grant of Rs75,000 per buffalo under Karnali Province’s much-hyped “Dairy Promotion and Livestock Feed Development Programme,” launched to boost milk production.