MYAGDI: Farmers of a village in Myagdi, who had to struggle to eke out a living, have found a reason to cheer up, finally. They are making good money selling milk. Athunge village, located near district headquarters Benibazaar, sells 27,000 litres of milk and earns as much as Rs 945,000 every year.

Their dream came true after a milk collection centre began operating. “The village largely depends on dairy business, a main source of livelihood of most farmers here,” said Kishwor Baniya, chief of the dairy collection centre. He said there are 25 farmers affiliated to the dairy centre. Earlier, farmers used to sell milk on a small scale. Availability of grazing land and the milk collection centre in their village encouraged them to take up dairy farming.