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Covid-19: MoD to transport and distribute essentials

29 Oct 2020

  • Action Committee appointed to maintain inventory
By Sarah Hannan The Government has decided to purchase and distribute vegetables, fruits, milk, eggs, and fish products from farmers who are unable to sell due to the prevailing situation with the mediation of the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Ministry of Defence Secretary (Retd.) Maj. Gen. Kamal Gunaratne, issuing a special circular, stated: “The aim is to remove barriers that are faced when transporting and selling products such as vegetables, fruits, milk, eggs, and fish, as well as animal feed and fertiliser due to the spread of Covid-19. Advances given for disaster management and paddy purchases will be used for those purchases.” The Ministry of Defence has also appointed an Action Committee consisting of the Ministries of Agriculture, Fisheries, Trade, and Livestock; the Department of Agrarian Development; the Consumer Affairs Authority; the Coconut Development Authority; the Co-operative Wholesale Corporation; the Civil Defence Department; the Disaster Management Centre; the National Fertiliser Secretariat; the Sri Lanka Police; and the Sri Lanka Army, Air Force, and Navy. District Secretaries are to obtain the details of the products from their respective jurisdictions from the relevant public officers on a daily basis and submit them to the Committee. The products will then be marketed to the required areas. District committees, divisional committees, and rural committees are also to be established for this purpose. Gunaratne also informed that the issuance of curfew passes required by essential service providers affiliated to food and medicine should be done with the intervention of the Police. Vehicles belonging to farmers, Sathosa, co-operatives, agriculture, and the Armed Forces are to be used to transport essential food items to the required places. The Department of Civil Defence is to assist with the loading and unloading of food items.  

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