A decision has been reached to suspend leave of staff of all institutions under the Ministry of Agriculture from the 6th of July to streamline the distribution of urea fertiliser.
Accordingly, leave of all staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Department of Agrarian Services, the Fertiliser Secretariat, the Ceylon Fertiliser Company, the Commercial Fertiliser Company, and other institutions will be cancelled from the 7th of July to the 15th of July.
The 65,000MT fertiliser shipment as part of the Indian loan facility is due to arrive in Sri Lanka on the 6th of July.
After unloading the shipment of urea fertiliser, the goods will be transported to the Agrarian Development Centres across the island.
