Fish trade centre to open

The newly built state-of-the-art fish trade center at Peliyagoda will be opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on March 26,said a Fisheries and Aquatic Development Ministry's Spokesman.

According to the Ministry's sources, the new Central Fish Market Complex built on 3.17 hectares reclaimed marshy land along the main Katunayake airport expressway was established at a cost of Rs 1.7 billion.

The Asian Development Bank has provided Rs 675 million and the government has provided the remainder.

The wholesale fish complex is placed on the ground floor and it will have 148 stalls.

The top floors have been allocated for banks, post offices, police restaurant, and a quality control room.

A 25-metric ton ice factory, three cold storages, and a water purification plant have also been set up, the spokesman added. RD