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Dambulla onion farmers stage protest
Nov 23, 201402:06 PM
Big onion farmers in Dambulla staged a protest blocking the Jaffna- Kandy A9 road near the Dambulla Economic Center, this morning. The police said that a part of the A-9 road from Dambulla clock tower had been closed, and now open for traffic.
The farmers alleged that they receive an unfair market price with the authorities not being able to use its controlled price due to importation of onion for several months.
The consumer is currently buying onion at the market price of Rs. 80-90 per kilo, while the farmer sell it to the middleman for sum Rs. 40.
However, the protest has come to an end after Minister of Comparatives and Internal Trade Johnston Fernando had a discussion with the protesting farmers, a short while ago.
