FACTORIES IN EKALA INDUSTRIAL ZONE: DETAILS
Hon. Stepni Fernando asked the Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development for details on factories in the Industrial Development Board’s Ekala Industrial Zone, including how many have been established, are currently operating, and have been closed for more than three years. He further sought information on action taken regarding long-closed factories, whether their sites could be brought back under the Industrial Development Board and reallocated to new investors, and what measures had been taken or, if not, why.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question No. 1564/2025 - The Hon. Stepni Fernando asked the Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House the number of factories - (i) set up within the Industrial Development Board’s Industrial Zone in Ekala; (ii) currently in operation; and (iii) that have remained closed for more than three years without being in operation?
¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform this House - (i) the steps taken by the Industrial Development Board with regard to the factories mentioned in (a)(iii) above; (ii) whether there is a possibility of bringing those factories back under the Industrial Development Board and allocating those sites to investors who wish to start new industries; and (iii) if so, the measures taken in this regard?
¶ 04 (c) If not, why?
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Cite as: FACTORIES IN EKALA INDUSTRIAL ZONE: DETAILS. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 January 2026. No. 23112. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23252