India, April 18 -- The state dairy development department will soon restart milk production under the Aarey brand, and distribute the same via 1,800 Aarey stalls across the city, acting dairy commissioner Prashant Mohod said.

"We have asked Mahananda (milk cooperative) to produce 50,000 litres of milk under the Aarey brand. Later, we will ask them to produce flavoured milk under the Energee brand and supply these to Aarey stalls across Mumbai," Mohod said.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) consumes nearly 60 lakh litres of milk per day. The city had three government-owned dairies till the 1990s, at Aarey Colony, Kurla and Worli. Aarey Colony had cowsheds as well and the Aarey brand dominated the milk distribution scheme.

The establi...