<h1>State to hand bulk milk cooler operations to local producers, pay commission after spoilage blamed on power outage</h1> The state government will entrust local milk producers with operating bulk milk coolers and pay them a commission, following a reported spoilage incident where initial claims of a technical fault were later attributed to a power outage on a single electricity line. A cooperative society secretary is under notice for allegedly discarding milk without authorization; 221 producers suffered a collective loss of Rs 77,000. Officials have been instructed to maintain coolers and machinery properly and plant heads directed to improve operations. An MLA urged increasing cooler capacity from 5,000 litres to a proposed 15,000-litre unit.