Colombo, July 5 (UNI) Worsening fuel crisis and other shocks are threatening to close down Sri Lanka's famous tea industry, putting much needed foreign exchange earnings at further risk.
“There is a serious risk of all the tea factories in seven districts across the country coming to a standstill if sufficient fuel stocks are not received in the next few days," the Daily FT newspaper on Tuesday quoted Sri Lanka Tea Factory Owners Association President Lionel Herath as saying.
"Right now, the factories are working three to four days per week as the rest of the days the employees are in fuel queues,” he said.