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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2020-03-18
Resuming the Production activities of Valachchenai Paper Mill of the National Paper Company Limited as a Diversification Project
- The recommencement of the state enterprises with the potential for resumption has been recognized as a priority activity by the Government. As such, the necessary steps are being taken to recommence the Valachchenai Paper Mill as a diversification project after restructuring it. Accordingly, the concurrence of the Cabinet was granted as a matter of policy for the proposal made by the Minister of Industries and Supply Chain Management for the implementation of the diversification project, with the sub projects as such as electricity generation by solar power within the factory premises, establishment of a drinking water bottling plant utilizing part of the excess water being purified after supplying water for the activities in the factory and cultivation of crops suitable to the area and commencing a work site and a holiday resort after selecting a suitable land in extent of 100 acres from the non-utilized lands where the Valachchenai factory is located.