Plantation to be taken over if wages not increased

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The government today warned that regional plantation companies, which refuse to increase the wages of their workers, would be taken over by the State, Minister Lakshman Kiriella said this at the District Coordination Committee meeting.

He said these companies were concealing their profits from the State and was nothing but a ruse to justify their decisions not to increase wages.
The minister said these companies were managing estates each 20,000 hectares in extent.

"Even when plantations were managed by the Europeans, it was only about 5000 hectares each. Now it is 20,000 hectares. These estates will be taken over if the wages are not increased in compliance with the government policy," he said. (Kelum Bandara)

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Comments - 7

sobers Monday, 21 December 2015 05:42 PM

Give subsidies for the Estate sector, kerosene, Electricity, Flour, Medical and other necessities. Then, you could bridge the gap by increasing a nominal amount and reduce the C.O.P.

Premalal Monday, 21 December 2015 05:45 PM

End of the tea industry in Sri Lanka is in sight. The country has begun to travel on a slippery road with government setting private sector wages.

ram Monday, 21 December 2015 06:34 PM

Some thing went wrong with private tea estate owners, estate workers get very less wages even lesser than half of other laborers. Gov. should intervene and if possible give the estates to foreign companies.

Saman Monday, 21 December 2015 06:55 PM

Idiotic. The plantations were privatized in the first place because they were a burden on the govt.

Lanka Monday, 21 December 2015 07:41 PM

Definitely the end of "famous Ceylon Tea"!! Very SAD!!!

Planter Monday, 21 December 2015 08:31 PM

Short memory as usual, this is how the plantations went to dogs.

sarath Monday, 21 December 2015 09:02 PM

Onema gonekuta oka nam karanna puluwan

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