President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa who visited Kebithigollewa to meet the people had instructed the officials to allow the owners of dairy cattle to release their cows to grazing in the surrounding areas of the forest reserves.

During the interaction with the area people, it was revealed that the main challenge faced by the dairy farmers, is the lack of grasslands. Therefore, special attention was paid to develop grasslands for dairy farming industry, the President’s Media Division said.

It was revealed during the public gathering that a large number of people have lost their lands due to the implementation of Yan Oya project but no compensation has been paid. President stressed that from now on, priority should be given to providing alternative lands and compensation must be made accordingly to those who lost their lands in the implementation of such projects.

Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Air Marshall Sudarshana Pathirana undertook the responsibility of developing Kanugahawewa village with housing facilities to mark the 70th anniversary of the SLAF. Kanugahawewa village will be developed as a model village under this initiative.