Nimal WIJESINGHE- Anuradhapura Additional District group correspondent
The Anuradhapura Oyamaduwa paddy storage complex was commissioned by Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa yesterday.
The new complex linking three buildings came up during the Deyata Kirula - 2012 exhibition at Oyamaduwa. The complex consists of 125,000 square feet and becomes the largest paddy storage complex in the country.
The Economic Development Minister purchased a consignment of 20,000 kilograms of paddy at a guaranteed price brought by farmers from Nochchiyagama and Rajangane.
The minister said that the government was aware of the hardships experienced by farmers and also picketing being staged by some politically motivated groups demanding for the increase of the guaranteed prices of paddy.
"President Mahinda Rajapaksa is a farmer and descending from village. He is farmer-friendly and never lets down the farmer who is the backbone of the country's economy. That's why the government started the fertilizer subsidy scheme to empower farmers and to make the country self-sufficient in rice and other subsidiary food crops.
A committee has been appointed on the instructions of the President to look in to the grievances of the farmer community," the minister said. Ministers S.M. Chandrasena, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, Deputy Minister W.B. Ekanayake, Provincial Minister H.B. Semasinghe and Parliamentarian Shehan Semasinghe also participated.
The new storage complex will be administered by the Oyamaduwa Deyata Kirula - 2012 Trust.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/03/29/news33.asp
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