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The way forward of the Kithul Development Board, ‘Kithulaka Maga’ was launched under the theme, “A lush Kithul - a Sustainable Country” by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last week.
The objective of the Government is to take Kithul related products to the international market by resolving the problems faced by the industrialists in the process of Kithul tapping and selling Kithul related products.
Kithul based products are manufactured as a home-based industry in 13 districts. To expand the sector, the Government established the Kithul Development Board on 17 March 2021 by an extraordinary gazette notification.
Plantation Minister Ramesh Pathirana presented, ‘The way forward of the Kithul Development Board’ to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Akmeemana Hiyare Reservoir premises in Galle on Thursday.
The ‘Sri Lanka Standards’ certificate for the production of Kithul Treacle, was also handed over to the President.
The President symbolically presented certificates and technical equipment to five industrialists who received training in Kithul flower tapping from the National Institute of Plantation Management.
A casket containing Kithul based products was also presented to the President. The President inspected Kithul tapping, treacle production, related foods, ornaments based on wood and tools used in industry.
The members of Maha Sangha, Minister Ramesh Pathirana, Governor Willie Gamage, State Ministers Mohan P. De Silva, Jayantha Samaraweera, Members of Parliament Sampath Athukorala, Isuru Dodangoda, Arundika Fernando, Anupa Pasqual, regional politicians and government officials participated at the occasion.
