Head Of Presidential Task Force Visits Watawala Dairy Farm

Basil Rajapaksa, Head of the Presidential Task Force for Economic Revival and Poverty Alleviation, recently attended an observation tour of the Watawala Dairy Farm, in Lonach Estate, Ginigathena.

The state-of-the-art dairy farm by Watawala Dairy Limited (WDL), a 100 per cent subsidiary of Sri Lanka’s leading diversified agribusiness company Watawala Plantations, today manages a herd of 1,600 dairy cattle, with an ultramodern milking parlour, which can produce over six million litres of fresh milk annually (17,000 litres of fresh milk per day).

Sunshine Holdings Group Managing Director Vish Govindasamy, Watawala Plantations Chief Executive Officer Binesh Pananwala and few other officials from WDL accompanied Rajapaksa during his visit.

Rajapaksa commended Watawala Plantations on its successful dairy operations and its contribution to the economy by committing to the government’s effort to promote local milk production and achieve self-sufficiency in milk.