Navy renders technical assistance to restore Valaichchenai Paper Mill

The Sri Lanka Navy has come forward to render technical assistance to resume operations at the state-owned Valaichchenai Paper Mill in Batticaloa. The factory has been defunct for a long period of time. 

Since the machinery at the paper mill premises has been left behind without use over a long period of time, the steering group of the project was in need of technical experts to refurbish such machine and equipment once abandoned, the Navy noted. 

As such, in support of the government’s effort to start off this venture again, Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva gave directives to lend the service of an Electrical and Electronic Engineering team for this worthy cause.

As of now, one of the two major machinery at the Valaichchenai Paper Mill has been brought back to the operational condition and a group of electrical and electronics engineering technicians attached to the Eastern Naval Command has been working tirelessly to repair all the circuit related issues of these equipment, the navy added. 

The Navy is to also undertake a number of other electrical and electronic repair work at the Valaichchenai Paper Mill, with the help of its skilled technicians.