Bandarawela MPCS workers to get pay hike

Bandarawela Group Corr

Employees attached to the Bandarawela MPCS will receive a pay hike of Rs 1,500, according to a decision by the MPCS Board of Directors. Chairman of the Board of Directors H M Thilakaratne said this will be in addition to the Co-operative Commission approved salary structure.

Thilakaratne said the Bandarawela MPCS recorded a turnover of Rs 90 million in 2012 and its net profit was Rs 13,764,255. The Bandarawela MPCS which is the leading MPCS among the 17 Multi-Purpose Cooperative Societies in the Uva Province has also planned to put up a new four storeyed multi-purpose building work on which will be launched within the next two months, he said.