Fowzie hails Devananda’s services under Divineguma

Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Douglas Devenanda renders a commendable service to inject life into the domestic and small industrial sector in the country, under the Divineguma programme, Senior Minister A H M Fowzie said.

Speaking at the opening of the Nuwara - Eliya district industrial exhibition at Gamini Maha Vidyalaya, Nuwara Eliya, the minister said he was happy to observe Minister Devananda’s commitment, the five line ministries and six institutions operating under the purview of these ministries to prop up the domestic and small industries of this country.

Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Ministry Secretary V Sivagnanasothy said the industrial exhibition in Nuwara - Eliya was the 20th of the series of industrial exhibitions held islandwide to develop the domestic and small and medium scale industries under the Divineguma programme of the President.

“The motive of this programme is to reach out to the poor of the country for their development and to make them stake-holders of the development process in progress,” he said.

Sivagnanasothy said Minister Devananda informed him to convey those visiting the exhibition, especially, those desirous of commencing their own industries to submit their applications at the end of the exhibition, as done in previous exhibitions, so that his ministry could provide them with training, technology, raw material and preparation of the proposals they require. Ministers, MPs and state officials also participated.