Banas Dairy procures cow dung from farmers for Rs 1/kg for new biogas plant
A group of farmers in Banaskantha district have started earning Rs 1 for every kilogram of cow dung they are supplying to Banas Dairy for feeding a biogas plant that can supply CNG as fuel to 100 vehicles a day.
The newly built biogas plant, an initiative by the Banas Dairy, has a capacity to treat 40 tonnes of cow dung which is collected daily from 254 farmers of 12 villages in Dama which is near Deesa in Banaskantha district. These 254 farmers also supply milk to Banas Dairy and selling cow dung will provide them an additional source of income.
“We have started procuring cattle dung on daily basis from farmers like the way we procure milk. We are paying Rs 1 to the farmers for every kilogram of cow dung. We are making biogas out of this dung which is then purified into CNG.
