The Mayor of Moratuwa along with several other councillors and carpenters have engaged in a hunger strike since yesterday (Jun 11) demanding the President to revoke his remarks on the carpentry trade.
The hunger strike comes two days after a Satyagraha campaign opposite the Moratuwa Urban Council failed to win the protestors their demands.
President Maithripala Sirisena had recently stated that he would issue a gazette to ban all 'mobile carpentry sheds' and stop issuing permits for carpentry sheds in future.
However, the protestors insisted that a clause must be included in this gazette to ensure that these regulations will not be implemented in the Moratuwa area.
"Moratuwa has been the trademark of carpentry for a very long time," Moratuwa Mayor Saman Lal Fernando said during the hunger strike.
(Reporting and pics by Reka Tharangani Fonseka)
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