Mannar District Development projects are yet to be implemented due to management and planning deficiencies, a progress review report revealed.
An industrial estate is to be set up in the 24 acres of land in Mannar region to attract investors.
Government sources have cited that this industrial estate will have the potential to include garment, fish processing plants and various fishing related equipment production, salt based and chemical products as well as certain agriculture products.
The Government’s plan to establish the industrial estate could revitalize the somewhat diluted industries of salt production and fish canning which were operated in a larger scale in the region prior to the break out of war.
The aquaculture industrial zone in Mannar District is now running into troubled waters due to the absence of a feasibility study before the commencement of the project and the deficiencies in the preparation of environment assessment reports.
The project had been commenced in the month of August 2016 and had been planned to complete in the year 2018 with the objectives of increasing the production and improving the level of quality of the species of environment friendly coastal and ocean aquaculture products.
Provision of LKR 290 million had been provided for this and a sum of LKR 8 million had been spent as at month of March 2018 for survey activities of land, water facilities, fuel and foreign training.
Furthermore, the fisheries ministry's plan of setting up of several breeding centers along with the development of aquacultural resources in 116 lagoon areas in Sri Lanka is yet to be materialized.
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