Dairy farmers surround Milco company

demanding payments for supplies

September 4, 2018 by
More than a thousand dairy farmers surrounded the Anuradhapura
Divisional branch of Milco Company and detained officials yesterday (3rd)
demanding arrears of payments due to them for the milk supplied to the
company.
Mr Susantha Kumara Navarathna, the convener of the National Center to
Protect Dairy Farmers attached to All Ceylon Farmers’ Federation and
several officials of the Center too were present.
The dairy farmers who had arrived at Anuradhapura from Medawachchiya,
Kebethigollawa, Kahatagasdigiliya, Rambawewa, Nochchiyagama in
Anuradhapura district marched from the Central Market along Maithripala
Senanayaka Mawatha to Godage Mawathashouting slogans and displaying
placards demanding their payments for the milk supplied by them.
The Manager of the Divisional branch of Milco Nadun Welarathna said three
instalments of farmers’ payments from 16th to 31st July have been already
credited to their bank accounts. However, the farmers, disagreeing, demanded
that their arrears for the period ending on 15th August should be credited and
they would not leave the site until that was done.
After a discussion between the two parties, the Divisional Manager gave a
written promise that farmers’ demands would be fulfilled.
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