The Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe - Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development
The Deputy Minister reported that the Ekala Industrial Development Board Industrial Zone has 57 factories, of which 56 are operational, though six are not at full productivity. He said USS Engineering (Pvt.) Limited has been closed for about one and a half years, and the operator has been asked to restart it within a stipulated period. If it does not recommence operations, legal action will be taken to repossess the site for the IDB and reallocate it to another enterprise.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister:
¶ 02 (a) (i) There are 57 factories within the Ekala Industrial Development Board Industrial Zone.
¶ 03 (ii) Of these, 56 are currently operational. Six are not at full productivity; the remaining 50 operate at full capacity.
¶ 04 (iii) One enterprise has remained inactive for an extended period. In particular, USS Engineering (Pvt.) Limited has been closed for about one and a half years.
¶ 05 Action has been initiated regarding that factory. We have requested that the factory be recommenced and notified the operator. If it is not restarted within the stipulated timeframe, we have orally informed that, within a very short time, legal action will be taken to repossess the site to the IDB for allocation to another enterprise.
¶ 06 (b) (i) Yes.
¶ 07 (ii) Steps are underway to free the site for reallocation to another enterprise.
¶ 08 (c) Not applicable.
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