Hospital sources say that due to the import restrictions imposed by the government, there is a shortage of surgical bed sheets and other tissue products required by hospitals.
The sources also say that a serious situation may arise in the near future due to the restriction of the import of the raw materials required for toilet tissue and related products.
Toilet tissue is also a very essential product for the tourism industry and tourism industry experts say that it is questionable to restrict them in the effort to uplift the tourism industry.
They say toilet tissue is an essential commodity for tourist hotels, hospitals and airlines, and restricting it is a surprising move.
Even though the government is making various efforts to provide dollars to the country, it is doubtful that tourists would visit a country that does not have even a piece of toilet tissue.
Isn’t there a way to produce some part of the supply here in Sri Lanka instead of importing. We used to have a local paper industry, what happened to it?