by Staff Writer 07-06-2020 | 10:25 PM
COLOMBO (News 1st): Confusion arose at the Kanatale Sugar Factory as two people lay claim to the top position of the institution.
Following an agreement by the Good Governance Government with an Indian company to resume operations of the then-inactive factory K.P. Nagaraja was appointed as Chairman of the factory.
When news of a new Chairman, Pradeep Gunawardana, being appointed started to spread, a group of employees arrived at the Seenipura Temple.
A meeting had then followed with the participation of a limited crowd.
Gunawardena stated that he is representing the investors, adding that the Investor has proposed his name to take over as the Chairman of the company.
Employees attached to the sugar factory claimed that they have not been notified about the new Chairman.
K.P. Nagaraja, Initial Chairman at the Kantale Sugar Factory stated that he came to know that there were two impostors who visited the site yesterday claiming that they were the Chairmen of the project. He added that it is wrong information given to the people of the area.