Patna was one of the milk shed identified under ‘Operation Flood – I’ (OF-1) for implementation of the programme. A hundred thousand litres per day capacity Feeder Balancing Dairy (FBD) and 100 MT per day capacity cattle feed plant (CEP) were set up under this programme.

A Corporation know as Bihar State Dairy Corporation was formed in the year 1972 for speedy and effective implementation of the Operation Flood programme in the state. The Dairy Corporation was to develop the Dairy Cooperatives both at the village level and milk shed level cooperative would take over the entire infrastructure created in due course.

The Corporation positioned a multi disciplinary Procurement & Inputs wing in 1975 after their recruitment and training. A Spread Head Team (SHT) was deputed from National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) from the same year for helping the Corporation in organizing and developing the Cooperatives. Though the progress in the initial years was encouraging, the programme, for obvious reasons could not achieve the goals for which it was established.

Subsequently, the State Government felt it worthwhile to request the DAIRY BOARD (NDDB) for taking over the infrastructure created on management basis. The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)took over the management of the infrastructure with effect from 1st October, 1981 under the banner of Patna Dairy Project (PDP).