Rana, who collected two liters of milk on his first day 15 years ago and took it to the dairy, is now running his own dairy in the village and collecting 1,500 liters of milk daily.
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At the age of 16, he entered India in search of work and worked as a watchman or a laborer. He traveled through Bangalore, Haryana, Delhi, and various parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
While working in India, one thing kept playing in his mind, ‘Even if he is young, he should do something in the village.’ He stayed in India for about 6 years. After that, he was thinking about what to do after returning home. He was also consulting with his friends.
Shivcharan Rana of Kalagaudi, Shuklaphanta Municipality-12, had reached Jhalari Bazaar one day with his friends. He talked about going to the dairy and collecting milk. The dairy owner also asked him to bring milk. After that, he returned home, borrowed money from a cooperative organization and bought a bicycle. He started collecting milk from the village on that bicycle and delivering it to the dairy.
After 15 years, Rana, who collected two liters of milk on the first day and delivered it to the dairy, is now operating his own dairy in the village and collecting 1,500 liters of milk daily. ‘I collected milk on a bicycle for five years, then I took out a loan from the cooperative and bought a motorcycle,’ said Rana, ‘At that time, I used to collect two to three hundred liters of milk a day, but when I couldn’t do it on a bicycle, I bought a motorcycle.’ At that time, I saved 5 to 7 hundred rupees a day by cutting expenses. Then, when I bought a motorcycle and collected more milk, I started saving 1,000 to 1,200 rupees.’
Rana now runs a dairy in his own village, Kalagaudi. He collects more than 1,500 liters of milk a day. His dairy consumes two to three hundred liters of milk, and the rest he takes to Jhalari and Dhangadhi and sells. He is buying milk in the village for 55 to 68 rupees per liter.
When selling in Dhangadhi, he makes a profit of up to 15 rupees per liter. Rana says that he saves half by cutting expenses. ‘We are doing up to 1/1.5 lakh per month,’ said Rana, ‘Initially it was difficult, but now everything is fine.’ Rana has a son. He also helps his father in his business. He also raises buffaloes at home. Rana has also hired 6 workers to run the dairy. He assigns workers to work in the dairy from milk collection to transporting it to Dhangadhi for sale. Products produced from milk, such as curd, mohi, paneer, sweets and ghee, are also being sold. ‘Milk is consumed a lot in the village during summer and wedding seasons,’ he said. ‘When production is also low, demand increases and it is not possible to meet it.’
