Gotabaya Rajapaksha, President, Sri Lanka says, it is imperative for local industries to commence production of standard and high quality textiles immediately. He explored the possibility of assigning the larger percentage of supply of school and security forces uniform material to local industrialists following an inspection visit to textile mills in the Dankotuwa Industrial Zone.

Rajapaksha first visited the Creative Textile Mill in the Dankotuwa Industrial Zone. The company has been importing threads from India, Pakistan and China to produce clothing material. Its production capacity is expected to increase to 100,000 meters per day while demand for annual school uniform is estimated at 11 million mt.

President Rajapaksa encouraged the company to recommence apparel production and requested it to devise a plan for the self-employed entrepreneurs to contribute to the demand for the school uniforms. Rajapaksa also inspected Creative Textile Mill Wattala, a branch of Dankotuwa Textile Mill which manufactures fabrics for the uniforms of the tri-forces . The Company employs over 1500 people. One of its primary functions is to dye fabrics as required by the security forces. Rajapaksa inspected the production of the National and Buddhist flags in the company and instructed the owners to increase the production to meet the local demand accordingly.