Over two million visit Divi Neguma Avurudu fairs
The number of people making purchases at the Divi Neguma Avurudu
fairs now being held in 407 main towns countrywide under the guidance of
Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa is expected to reach three
million.
The ministry has organized the fairs with the assistance of 19 state
organizations including the Sri Lanka Samurdhi Authority, Agrarian
Development Department, Lak Sathosa, Second Community Development &
Livelihood Improvement Project and the Cooperative Development
Department. The fairs which began on April 5 will end today.
Textiles, fresh vegetables, fruits, sweets, rice, coconuts, powdered
milk, dry rations, spices, plants, ornamental fish, products of small
industrialists and meat products were among the many items available
under one roof at all these places. Twelve thousand rural producers have
contributed to the success of the fairs.
In the Colombo District a Divi Neguma fair has been organized at
Battaramulla near the Diyawanna Oya with the participation of
businessmen and producers from the North among many others. This fair
comprises 120 stalls where food and other products from various parts of
the country are available.
Young people from the North selling their products at this fair have
visited Colombo for the first time after decades of war. Their products
include rice flour, hand loom textiles, kotta kelengu, palmyra products,
travelling bags, flour and dry fish.
The Divi Neguma fairs island-wide include ones at the Anuradhapura
Municipal Council play ground, Puttalam Municipal Council Hall,
Polonnaruwa Thopawewa School play ground, Wellayawa Pradeshiya Sabha
ground, Moneragala Mahanama Vidyala play ground, Vavuniya Gamini Maha
Vidyalaya play ground, Kilinochchi Pradeshiya Sabha market building,
Mannar A.L. Azar Maha Vidyalaya. Jaffna Parithanarachchi Amman temple,
Ampara Municipal Council Hall, Baudulla Wills Park Ground, Ratnapura
Seewali school ground, Hambantota and the Tisamaharama playground. |