Pelwatte Dairy to facilitate Govt.'s move to improve countrywide milking process

The company has expressed its willingness to help establish milking sheds and chilling centres in the Government proposed lands.

With announcements of special lands being promised incidentally, The proposed chilling centres and milking sheds will help farmers milk their cows in a safe and clean environment, collect the milk and store them in chilling centres.

This will be an immense support in getting it delivered to the company on time thereby also increasing the productivity and efficiency of the industry, official sources said.  

The whole process will be able to be easily monitored and cleared by the veterinarians and health officials.

Commenting on the announcement to establish such sheds, Pelwatte Dairy Industries Managing Director Akmal Wickramanayake said: “they believe that these establishments will help secure spots for milking, storage and act as points of collection and transportation."

The milking sheds will be equipped with all necessary equipment as milking machines, required infrastructure and facilities to provide a comfortable environment for the cattle and the farmers.

The milking systems will be established as such as to provide a constant and repeatable environment every day, ensuring safe and healthy practices.

Milking machines will help mitigate the risks and improve quality and overall speed, as opposed to doing it by hand.

The facility will also arrange and mitigate overcrowding and spoilage before processing.

The sheds will act as direct one stop contact points to the company’s delivery system thereby establishing a steady stream of delivery processes ensuring that the milk reaches the chilling centres and factory in time.