Milk, yogurt prices jacked up by Rs20 per kg

Passing yet another financial burden to the consumers, the Gawala Union has increased the prices of milk, yogurt and butter by Rs20 litre and kilogramme across the Rawalpindi district from Friday. The per litre price of open milk has been increased to Rs220 and yogurt to Rs240 per kg.

Earlier, milk was being sold at Rs200 per litre and yogurt at Rs220 per kg. Similarly, the price of butter has been increased from Rs1,000 per kg to Rs1,200 per kg. The official price of milk is fixed at Rs190 per litre and yogurt at Rs200 per kg.

Gawala Union Secretary Khawar Chaudhary says all components of buffalo fodder have been made expensive by 500 to 700%. The price of buffalo has reached up to Rs0.8 million while the price of fodder has also jumped by 700%. It has become impossible to sell milk at the old price, he added.