Two new milk chilling centres to be opened

Ishara MUDUGAMUWA

Two new milk chilling centres will open in the Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts this week under the patronage of the Livestock Development Minister C.B.Rathnayake.

The chilling centre in Moraweva in the Trincomalee District will open on June 6 and the other one in Wakare in the Batticaloa District will open on June 7.

These chilling centres will help uplift the living standards of 800 resettled dairy farmer families in the Eastern Province.

"We hope to collect 2500 litres of milk from the Moraweva chilling centre and 2000 litres from the Wakare chilling centre and plan to increase production.

Livestock Development Minister C.B.Rathnayake said "They hope to establish Dairy Farmer Committees in the Eastern Province under the Negenahira Navodaya program."