A distillery closed down due to being unable to pay taxes to the government is set to be sold to an Indian businessman. According to sources of the Department of Excise, discussions are currently being held in this regard.
The distillery located in Wennappuwa was forced to shut down four years ago for not paying the necessary taxes to the government.
A high ranking officer of the department set to retire soon is said to have initiated the sale of the distillery sources further added.
Meanwhile producing toddy artificially is banned in the country a two-member committee consisting of two deputy commissioners of excise has been set up to grant permission to produce artificial toddy.
Due to the ban, the department had raided a distillery in 2002 which produced artificial toddy while slapping a fine Rs. 5 Million on the business for violating the ban. Artificial toddy is produced with sugar, yeast, ammonia and urea which can be hazardous to the human body.
Source : Divaina
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