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| Sunday, 28 November 2004 |
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Vegetable growers wail by P. Rajaratnam in Nuwara Eliya Excessive and continuous rains have hampered tea cultivations and other vegetation in the hill country. With the festive season, still the workers have not settled down and resumed for regular work due to heavy and continuous rains. The prices of vegetables which slumped is progressively on the increase except for leeks and a few other vegetables. However, the vegetable growers keep on complaining they are unable to keep up to their desired targets due to the heavy inputs. They say very soon the labour costs may further go up in the coming months. These growers further state that the estate workers who come and work in these vegetable gardens, and though they claim Rs. 350 for men and Rs. 250 to Rs. 275 with meals, they prefer to leave the vegetable plots by 3.30 pm due to transport difficulties to get to their respective estates. |
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