Five cut foliage villages set up

Ariaypala Wansathilake Kurunegala Central special correspondent

The Minister of Rural Industries and Self Employment Promotion S. B. Navinna has taken steps to set up production villages islandwide.

The Minister has set up five cut foliage cultivation villages in Wariyapola, Imiyangoda, Mamunuwa, Walpola, Mahakeliya and Katupotha in the Wariyapola electorate.

Minister Navinna told the media under this project, the district would develop fast and the production would bring in foreign exchange to the Kurunegala district. The massive production village scheme will be implemented over three years and it targets both the export and local market.

More programmes will be introduced to produce high demand products for the export and local market. More programmes will be introduced to produce high demand products for the export market targeting foreign exchange to the country.

The Minister said by investing about Rs. 8 million the Ministry has distributed 650,000 palm cane and “giniseeriya” plants to cover 500 people in these five villages.