The Hon. R.M. Jayawardhana
The Hon. R.M. Jayawardhana stated that an Economic Centre, built but left unopened for about seven years, was opened in September and is now operational. He said the Government is considering adding cold-storage facilities, including a cold room, to reduce post-harvest losses, with Rs. 1,000 million allocated for the purpose this year. He also noted that an unused rehabilitation centre is to be taken over for the Co-operative Department, following intervention by the District Development Committee Chairman, to address the request regarding a Co-operative Training Centre.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, we opened this Economic Centre in September after it had remained unopened for about seven years since construction. We are now operating it. In addition to our original plan, we are considering setting up a cold room to prevent post-harvest losses. We aim to build cold-storage; Rs. 1,000 million has been allocated for this purpose this year.
¶ 02 Regarding the Co-operative Training Centre you mentioned, some buildings constructed in the past are not used for their intended purpose; some were abandoned. The District Development Committee Chairman, our Hon. Upali Samarasinghe, has intervened to take over the rehabilitation centre you referred to for the Co-operative Department. We intend to proceed accordingly to meet your request.
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Cite as: The Hon. R.M. Jayawardhana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 November 2025. No. 22936. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/6261