In protest against the delay in payments of bills by the State-owned Vijaya Dairy, dairy farmers on Monday dumped milk on the road here on Monday.

Dairy farmers, belonging to several parts of the district, gathered in the district centre and staged a protest. They urged the officials of the state-run dairy to clear their pending bills.

They stated that they were unable to buy fodder for their cattle and to meet day-to-day expenses due to delay in payment of bills.