Issuing permanent, daily liquor licences in Maharagama suspended

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena instructed the officials to suspend issuing of permanent and daily excise licences for wine stores in the Maharagama Divisional Secretariat area.

During the Maharagama Regional Coordination Committee meeting, the Prime Minister also advised them to suspend the issuing excise permits issued daily for events such as musical shows, carnivals and various other occasions.

The progress of development projects in Maharagama area was reviewed and a special attention was paid to social welfare programmes. It was revealed that 13,377 applications have been received for the government's new social welfare programme and relevant data of 2,560 people have already been collected. The Prime Minister further advised to involve Samurdhi Development Officers for carrying out Social Welfare Programmes.