President Gotabaya Rajapaksa launched Dorin Dorata Kapruka, the national program to plant four million coconut saplings at the Weliketiya Estate, Bujjampola, Dankotuwa, yesterday. He planted a coconut sapling in the estate to mark the launch of the program. Dorin Dorata Kapruka is expected to enhance the annual coconut crop to 3,600 million nuts per year from the current level of 2,800 million nuts. It is expected to achieve the target of planting four million coconut saplings next year. One million coconut saplings will be given to Samurdhi recipients and another two million will be distributed under a subsidiary scheme and the remaining one million could be purchased by anyone who wishes to cultivate. Pic: Sagara Lakmal de Mel (President’s Media Division)