Srilanka, May 23 -- Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Minister Sunil Handunnetti told Parliament that the crisis over a salt shortage in the country has now been resolved.

Speaking in Parliament yesterday (22) in response to several Opposition members' claims on shortage of salt in the country, the Minister refuted all such claims by the Opposition stating that with the recent salt shortage, sufficient stocks of salt have now arrived at the Port with the Government's Cabinet decision to import salt from abroad.

Therefore, the Minister said the public should not be afraid of salt shortages to the extent that the Opposition is worried about the matter and assured that steps will be taken to distribute imported salt stocks to the ...