Largest granary opens in Buttala

Sri Lanka's largest granary with state- of- the-art facilities constructed in Buttala, Monaragala will be opened today.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake will open the granary, constructed at a cost of Rs. 260 million with World Bank aid. Some 20,000 metric tons of grain can be stored in the complex.

The first such facility was set up at Galenbindunuwewa, Anuradhapura and a similar complex is now under construction in Mannar.

The Finance Ministry plans to construct three more granary complexes in Kilinochchi, Polonnaruwa and Embilipitiya in 2016, at a total cost of Rs. 1,000 million.