CPC workers launch Sathyagraha

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3 years ago

2023/03/28

By Ifham Nizam

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) would be privatised at the best of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants, trade unionists said yesterday.

They said the government and Minister Kanchana Wijesekera were planning to hand over about 600 filling stations to some multinational companies.

CPC Union Collective yesterday commenced a Satyagraha opposite the Kolonnawa Terminal against the government’s divestiture programme.

Chairman of Petroleum branch of the Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya Jagath Wijegunaratne said that the Satyagraha was being carried out against the attempts to privatise the CPC.

He said the CPC was currently making huge profits.

Wijegunaratne said the CPC’s profit last month alone was Rs. 9 bn, and the profit of the month of January was Rs. 13 bn.

The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union (CEBEU) is also protesting against the government move to privatise the CEB.

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Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation to pay a financial subsidy of Rupees 25,000/- per hectare and for a maximum of 02 hectares per farmer for paddy cultivation and to pay Rupees 15,000/- per hectare for field crops cultivated in paddy lands[maximum of 02 hectares per farmer]

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The rural agricultural livelihood and food security have been severely impacted due to the damage caused by wild animals such as elephants, wild boars, monkeys, toque macaque, squirrels, and peacocks roaming around human habitats and cultivated lands.

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Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land, and Irrigation has prepared a comprehensive program based on the opinions of all stakeholders, including the public, university community, farmers’ organizations, environmentalists, non-governmental organizations which work for environmental issues, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Agrarian Development, and other relevant organizations.

Taking into consideration the report submitted by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land, and Irrigation, the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to appoint a ministerial committee with the participation of other relevant ministers, chaired by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land, and Irrigation, to submit appropriate recommendations on how the aforementioned program should be implemented by further reviewing the proposals included in the said program and incorporating new proposals.