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06th October 2021 10:48:04 Hours
Director General Financial Management (DGFM) of the Army and the first Colonel Commandant of Sri Lanka Army Corps of Agriculture & Livestock Major General WBSM Abesekera RWP RSP has paid his initial visit to 4th (V) Regiment Sri Lanka Army Corps of Agriculture & Livestock under command Army farms Balalla, Niraviya, Adiyapuliyankulam and Manicfarm. Further, he visited the ongoing renovation work at 1 SLACAL Mahawa construction site on 19th & 20th August 2021 together with Director Agriculture & Livestock Brigadier AK Rajapaksa RSP.The Colonel Commandant was welcomed by the Commanding Officer Maj ASD Pathirana. After that Col Commandant visits 3 (V) SLACAL under command farms Kandakadu,Galkanda and Agriculture Training Centre Aralaganvila on 21 & 22 August 2021. During the visits, Col Comdt inspected all farms and accommodation area and appreciated all ranks for the effort made by them to maintain the farms in a good standard.
06th October 2021 10:36:05 Hours
Under the vision of Comd of the Army to develop agriculture within the Army and to assist nation’s ongoingNational Agriculture Campaign another mile stone was created by establishing its newest wing,with the First Regular Battalion, 1SLACAL with the guidance of its first Col Commandant and the Director A & L on 01 Sep 2021 at a 38 acre land at Mahawa. Event restricted to present pandemic situation with religious ceremony to invoke blessings for youngest Regular Bn of the Sri Lanka Army.Maj DMHC Karunathilake taken over duties as the first Second in Command of the battalion with the blessings of Maha Sangaratnaya.
