Eastern Province Governor instructs local bodies to produce organic fertiliser

Eastern Province Governor Anuradha Yahampath on Wednesday issued instructions to the heads of all local government bodies in her province to launch projects to produce organic fertilisers making use of the biodegradable waste.

Addressing the heads of local government bodies using Zoom technology, the Governor instructed those who were already engaged in producing organic fertiliser to make proposals to improve their production.

The meeting was held to discuss the government’s decision to replace chemical fertilisers with organic fertilisers.

The Governor told the heads of local government bodies which did not collect sufficient bio-degradable waste for producing organic manure to come up with suggestions for alternative inputs.

She also instructed the provincial Agrarian Commissioner to make arrangements to introduce projects for each and every farmer association in the province to produce fertilisers themselves.

Chief Secretary of the province, secretaries to the provincial ministries, Local Government Commissioner, Assistant Local Government Commissioners, mayors and chairmen of pradeshiya sabhas in the province attended the meeting.