President Meets Plantation Workers in Nuwara Eliya
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with plantation workers in Nanu Oya, Somerset Estate, Nuwara Eliya, on the morning of February 11, while they were engaged in plucking tea leaves.
During his journey along the Talawakele–Nuwara Eliya road to participate in the “A Nation United Against Drug Abuse” programme held at the Gregory Lake Park in Nuwara Eliya, the President stopped his vehicle near the Radella shortcut and walked into a nearby tea estate to meet workers who were on duty.
The plantation workers welcomed the President warmly and engaged in friendly conversation with him. On this occasion, they expressed their gratitude for the recent increase in their daily wages.
Speaking to the media, plantation workers said that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is not only the leader who increased their wages, but also the only President who personally came to meet them and inquire into their problems.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka on last Friday signed a landmark agreement to raise the daily wage of plantation workers to 1,750 rupees, a move described by industry representatives as the largest wage increase in the plantation sector’s 200-year history.