By Maheesha MudugamuwaOperations at the Colombo Port are slowly returning back to normal, the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) said yesterday (15), assuring a full recovery within the week with the additional staff called on for work. “We hope that the operations will return back to normal by next week as 60% of the employees were in operation for the past two or three days,” he added. Around 30% of workers are from Gampaha and more than 600 quarters of the SLPA are situated in these areas,” he stressed. The Port’s activity revolved around the JCT and we had 30 Covid-19-positive cases plus 200 first contacts. Employees did not want to put their lives at risk, he said, adding that most of the gantry crane operators, transfer crane operators, and other crane operators were residing in the Gampaha District and since they were not reporting to work, the unloading of shipments had been delayed.

Source: The Nation November 15, 2020 22:06 UTC