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Boom time for pepper and cinnamon - Minister Chamal Rajapaksa

Cinnamon fetches an wholesale price of Rs. 570 per kilo and pepper fetches an wholesale price of Rs. 310 per kilo. The wholesale prices of these commodities now fetches three times the previous price, said Ports and Aviation Minister Chamal Rajapaksa.

The Minister was addressing a meeting that followed the inauguration of the Jathika Saviya Maga Neguma programme for the year 2008 sponsored by the Southern Development Authority (SDA).

The programme was inaugurated at Udagomadiya in Katuwana DS area.

The Minister said although the cost of living has risen the farming community is now well off deriving a sound income from subsidiary food corps.

He said the development process flowed towards the Hambantota district because a leader with farsighted polices became the President. During the previous UNP regimes development flowed only up to Matara.

The Minister said Udagomadiya is a backward under developed village in Katuwana DS area. That is why it was selected for development in various spheres.

He said in 2007 the Jatika Saviya Gama Neguma programme was launched to develop 4,000 under developed villages in the island. One hundred and forty eight villages were developed in Hambantota district in 2007. Fourteen thousand villages have been chosen for development this year.

The Minister said despite the conflict the Government continues providing jobs to the jobless. There are 200,000 employees in the State sector at the moment. Recently 1500 civil security officials were appointed for the protection of areas under LTTE threats.

He said a peaceful election was held in the Batticaloa district.

There was not a single incident there. The foreign countries are full of praise for the Government for having conducted such a peaceful election in area just liberated.

The Minister said if the sea port and the airport were set up ten years ago Hambantota district would have been the most prosperous district in the Island. Even the previous UNP regimes delayed these projects.

The Minister of Nation Building and Estate Infrastructure Development Gunaratne Weerakone said that he was associated with the Rajapaksa family since 1976 and that he became a politician as a result of his friendship he had with the Rajapaksas.

Coconut saplings, Dahampasal books and cinnamon peeling kits were distributed at the function.

The Chairman and Director General SDA Ranjith Gunasekera, SPC Minister V.K. Indika and officials of the SDA, SPC member D.V. Upul and P.S. Member Katuwana D.U. Gamage were present.

 

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