- rice marketing activities have been in operation for over two decades in and around the city of Marandagahamula in the Divulapitiya Divisional Secretariat Division in the Gampaha District and it has since been expanded to be the biggest rice marketing centre in the Western Province. A Rice Stores Complex has already been constructed at Wewegodellawatte, Marandagahamula at a cost of Rs.372.18 million. It has been found necessary to construct 115 new rice stalls at a cost of Rs.115 million adjoining the Rice Stores Complex. The proposal made by Hon. Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development, to entrust the construction work to the State Engineering Corporation, was approved by the Cabinet.