Cost Rs. one million :

Milk refrigerating centre in Karaliyadda

Milco Company under the Ministry of Livestock Development has established a Milk Refrigerating Centre at Karaliyadda in Kandy, at the cost of one million rupees under the patronage of the Minister of Livestock Development, C.B. Ratnayake.

The installed refrigerating machine has the capacity of 2000 litres of milk and Milco Co has planned to install another refrigerating machine with the same capacity in the centre.

It has been disclosed 1500 litres of milk has been collected by this Refrigerating Centre of the Milco Company, covering one fourth area of Meda Dumbara electorate. The Company’s intention is to cover the entire Meda Dumbara electorate and increase the collection of milk to 4000 litres per day.

1500 dairy farming families have been benefited and their living conditions too uplifted by this Milk Refrigerating Centre. Up to now, Milco Co has provided relief assistance to the dairy farmers.

Under this program, increasing the price of purchasing milk, promoting technical know-how and organizing public awareness programs for the dairy farmers, providing benefits of Milco Social Security Fund to the dairy farm families, assisting to get treatment for the animals co-ordinating with the Veterinary Office, helping them to get livestock food and drugs at concessionary rates and providing necessary advice to the farmers in this field will be implemented.