On the sidelines of the national program to manufacturing organic fertilizer under the directive of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, manufacturing center in the Mahaweli L Zone was officially launched at Weli Oya recently (July 2). The organic fertilizer requirement of the farmers in the Mahaweli L Zone is expected to be produced in this center at Helambawewa in Weli Oya. It is expected to manufacture 1.4 million metric tons of organic fertilizer in the Organic Fertilizer Manufacturing Centers to be set up soon at Mahaweli Zonal level. Addressing the official launch of the Mahaweli L Zone Organic Fertilizer Manufacturing Center at Helambawewa, Mahaweli Zone Canals and Common Settlement InfrastructureDevelopment State Minister Siripala Gamlath said a broaden program is afoot to give maximum support to achieve the goal of manufacturing organic fertilizer of PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa. Therefore preparing farmers to use organic fertilizer would secure the country economically as well as hygienically, he said.

Source: The Nation July 05, 2021 07:07 UTC