Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

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A racket involving the sale of organic fertiliser mixing sand and charcoal, while misusing the name of the Agricultur­e Department was raided by a group including the Deputy Director of Agricultur­e in Puttalam on Friday (13). The case was handed over to the relevant divisions for further investigat­ion.

The fertiliser company, identified as Ulugala Organic Farm (Pvt) Limited, in front of the Norochchol­ai Economic Centre, was raided by Puttalam Deputy Director of Agricultur­e Mrs Tharangika Shamali and a group of officials when the suspects were packing the fertiliser.

In addition to this place, another location was identified near the Norochchol­ai Lagoon area where the suspects had stored charcoal powder, sand, salt and mud brought in claiming to make organic fertiliser, the Director of Agricultur­e said.

The Agricultur­e Department says it had not granted any approval for this particular company; however the officials found forged approval documents within the premises.

After the inspection by the Deputy Director, Director of Agricultur­ePuttalam District Sarath Pathirana and officials from the Green Agricultur­e Implementa­tion Centre in Puttalam District visited the site.

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Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe
Story and pix by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe

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