30 August, 2020
There are abandoned gem and graphite mines worth billions of rupees in the Kalutara District, parliamentarian and District Development Committee Chairman Sanjaya Edirimanna said.
No Government had taken steps to use gem and graphite mines for the benefit of the country although the International Research Institutions had carried out research and uncovered the gem and graphite mines in Horana, Bulathsinhala and Bandaragama, he said.