First project under Gamata Karmantha:
Pelwatta Dairy to produce milk powder
Rs 300 million forex to be saved:
Ramani KANGARAARACHCHI
The Pelwatta Dairy plant which was the first project started in
Moneragala under the Gamata Karmantha by the Government was commissioned
by President Mahinda Rajapakse recently.
The Pelwatta Sugar Industries has invested Rs 1.2 billion on this
project and it will start manufacturing high quality cattle feed next
month.
Providing high quality cattle feed to animals will enhance local milk
production, said. Chairman, Pelwatte Dairy Industries A. Wickramanayake.
He said that the plant has the latest and most modern equipment in the
world which will help the country to save foreign exchange worth Rs
300,000 million now spent on imported milk food.
The plant will provide liquid milk, yoghurt, and cheese and this will
help dairy farmers in Moneragala, Hambantota, Ampara and Udawatta to
sell their products at Government approved prices.
The manufacture of milk powder will commence in November. Around 300
people have secured employment at the plant..
The Pelwatta Sugar, Ethanol and Dairy plant will operate as models
for the country and other districts also can use these resources and
produce the country’s needs, Wickramanayake said. |