BOI chairman calls on factory employees not to abuse travel passes

Even amidst strict travel restrictions, factory workers involved in production and export industry  are allowed to travel from their places of residence to the factory and vice versa.

The government has issued passes to all the factories functioning in BOI export zones and outside  to facilitate the transport of employees between the places of residence and the workplace.

 The employees  can use their private vehicles or  the transport provided by the relevant companies  to come to work.

The BOI chairman said this pass is issued only to travel to and from between the place of residence and the workplace.

Mohottala  called on all employees  to extend their support to mitigate the pandemic without misusing this facility provide by the government.

He made this request during  a visit to the newly established COVID intermediate treatment center at Katunayake Export Promotion Zone.

This intermediate treatment center was established in the buildings of the Crystal Martin Company which is closed down for production.

The company has donated 100 beds for this project. The Free Trade Manufacturing Association and Sri Lanka  and the Youth Council have also provided beds for this center which is functioning under the close medical  supervision of Negombo Hospital .

the virus  seems to be more contagious in the third wave than it was  in the first and second wave, he said.

 The BOI chief stressed that ensuring the health security of employees  remains his  top priority while continuing the  production and export process uninterrupted.

Each and every employee has a responsibility not   to bring the virus from the home or the village to the factories or from the factories to the home”, he said

There is a large number of  people involved in direct and indirect employments  associated with the factories and  these factors should seriously be taken into consideration.

The  Katunayake, Biyagama, Seethawaka  zones are functioning well and they helping to keep the export revenue at a satisfactory level . The spread of Covid 19 in these zones has been brought under control said Mr. Sanjaya Mohottala.