Nearly 14,000 businesses affected by disaster
Posted on December 13th, 2025
Courtesy Hiru News
The Ministry of Industries and Enterprise Development has announced that a total of 13,698 businesses across the country have been affected by the recent emergency disaster situation.
Information regarding these affected enterprises has been received by the Industry Disaster Support Centre (IDSC).
Of the 13,698 businesses impacted, 5,639 are micro-scale, 4,636 are small-scale, 2,986 are medium-scale, and 437 are large-scale enterprises.
The Ministry is urging all affected industrialists to submit their details to the data system as quickly as possible. The deadline for submitting this information is 2:00 p.m. on December 16.
Information can be entered via the Ministry’s website at www.industry.gov.lk.
To facilitate the process, the Ministry has introduced the telephone number 0712666660 for industrialists to provide information regarding their affected industries.
Support can also be obtained from the relevant Ministry officials at the Divisional Secretariat and District Secretariat levels where the business is located.