6 September, 2020
The Government is taking steps to launch industrial projects in the industrial zone in Hambantota. The industrial projects including a tyre factory, a cement factory and an oil refinery, will create over 100,000 jobs.
Steps will also be taken to convert the Hambantota town into a tourist zone. The old kachcheri premises will be brought under the tourism zone. The Urban Development Authority has identified the Hambantota Rajapaksa International Sea Port as the engine of the tourism zone.