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Leading industrialist disgusted with Govt`s apathetic attitude
Monday, 31 December 2007 - 12:53 PM SL Time
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A leading organic food manufacturer and exporter, Bio Foods [PVT] Ltd., complains a number of government agencies do not attend to solve entrepreneurs` grievances to smooth their manufacturing processes.
At present the company maintains good growth and it is the only company which received the world`s first Fair Trade Registered Processor and Exporter of Organic Spices award and wants to be the best in its field in South East Asia.
The company produces value-added products in green and black tea, spices, herbs, curry powder, desiccated coconut, cashew, treacle, juggery and coconut oil. These products are exported to selected overseas buyers in Europe and Asia, paying a premium with part of it going to farmers and producers in the country for their social welfare.
Chairman and the Managing Director of the Bio Foods [PVT] Ltd., Eco Foods [PVT] Ltd. and Biodynamic [PVT] Ltd Dr. Sarath Ranaweera said that his company has made complaints to all responsible government authorities, but the authorities maintain a deafening silence to his complaints.
At present, the company suffers lack of infrastructure at its factory located in Seethavalley Estate, Nillabe, in the Central Province. The other companies manufacture value added organic teas, spices and herbs for the export market, mainly to European countries. The Chairman said his plan was to earn Rs. 500 millions as turnover. These projects daily generate additional employment to a large number of people in the area and also a large number of small farmers in the district will be greatly benefited.
`Our manufacturing plants and the processing units are located in this estate (Seethavalley) and the lack of telecommunication facilities, motorable roads, proper commuter services and other basic infrastructure,` he said.
The company has made written complaints to the Ministry of Industrial Development, the BOI, Sri Lanka Telecom, Regional Transport Board and also made frequent verbal complaints to the area ministers and the top level government officials.
`So far we have only received only written responses from those ministries, but our requests are still on hold and the company has to face obstacles, despite which the company exports large stocks of organic food products,` he said with an air of resignation.
`We took our problems to Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, but sad to say, the problems have worsened and production will be affected in the long run,` he woefully lamented.
According to the BOI, it involves itself with industrialists` problems to find positive solutions. However, that does not seem to be so with this company, as far as I can see.
Bio Foods` James Valley Organic Tea Factory was recently awarded the one star rating of the Ceylon Quality Certificate under the Quality Management System of the Sri Lanka Tea Board. Value addition at Bio Foods is 90 per cent with raw materials coming from nearby fields while Rs 2.3 million is spent annually on international certification.
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Damed
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 31 Dec 2007 10:49:25 GMT Report for Abuse
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Infrastructure all Industries looking for.
GOSL and BOI trying hard to invite investors but failing to take care industries already landed.
Most basic needs to make progress with../ are not attended
and some investors have left to other destinations. |
p007
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 31 Dec 2007 10:58:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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| The Company has not yet placed its problems with the correct people. Dr. Ranaweera, please take up your problems with Rajapakse Samagama, Temple Trees, Colombo 3 for immediate action. You may have to make the Rajapakse Samagama one of the shareholders of your company. You know that is a small price to pay if you are serious about a Rs. 500million turnover. |
Ramz
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 31 Dec 2007 12:12:05 GMT Report for Abuse
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Bio Food Co........you want all of your problems solved.....have all demands approved....!!!
very simple....just allocate 10% of your annual revenue to the greate Mr. 10% Basil Khan Rajapasharraf.....you will get it done |
Roshan2007
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 1 Jan 2008 03:52:44 GMT Report for Abuse
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Leading industrialist disgusted with Govt's apathetic attitude
Bio Foods PVT Ltd, falls under category of a traitor.
When the country is all out on war it unpatriotic to ask for infrastructure development.
IF you try to get too smart we will unleash our patriotic forces to do a poster campaign against you, that you backed by NGOs. |
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