Coconut distributed at concessionary rates.
The islandwide distribution program for coconut at a subsidized price at the advice of Hon. Plantation Industries Minister Navin Dissanayake is already being successfully implemented. In addition to selling coconuts via mobile phones, Sathosa sells around Rs. Accordingly, it has been able to give coconut to the customer at 65 rupees. Coconut Cultivation Board Chairman Kapila Yakandawela told the Plantation Chamber that Coconut Cultivation Board Chairman Kapila Yakandawela told the Plantation Chamber that coconut prices had been controlled with the commencement of this program. He pointed out that this step was taken against the black mafia that inconveniences consumers and the government. The inaugural ceremony of the program commenced on 02nd October 2017 at the Denzil Kobbekaduwa Mawatha in Battaramulla.