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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2018-07-31
Establishment of a Temperature Controlled Warehouse facility in the Dambulla area
- It has been planned to construct a temperature controlled warehouse facility in the Dambulla area where the farm products could be stored to retain their fresh quality longer preventing the post-harvest losses, so that the consumers could purchase food products at a reasonable price and to maintain the stability in the price of crops, fruits, vegetables and onions etc. Accordingly, the joint proposal made by the Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe, the Prime Minister in his capacity as the Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs and Hon. Patali Champika Ranawaka, the Minister of Megapolis and Western Development, to establish this storage facility under the grants of the Indian Government, was approved by the Cabinet.