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Compensation for Mavilaru farmers from Monday

COLOMBO: The Government has completed its valuation of paddy lands destroyed by the LTTE's Mavilaru water blockade, to expedite compensation payment to farmer victims.

The Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board (AAIB) will commence to pay compensations to farmers from next Monday. The Government through the AAIB has made valuation of nearly 8,000 acres of paddy lands belonging to nearly 3,000 farmers destroyed following the LTTE's move to close the sluice gates of Mavilaru anicut, Agrarian Services and Farmer Community Development Minister S. M. Chandrasena told a media briefing yesterday.

The Government has decided to compensate each farmer to a maximum of Rs. 25,000 for each acre of destroyed paddy lands. Rs. 150 million has been allocated to grant the compensation to farmers, the Minister said.

According to Chandrasena, the AAIB has already completed the valuation on all affected paddy lands in Thopur, Ichchalampattu, Kiliveddi, Muttur, Mattampodichetai, Seruwila, Serunuwara, Alla, Kantale and Mahindapura farmer colonies which fall under the purview of Trincomalee district. The AAIB will grant this compensation to all farmers whose paddy cultivations were severely affected as a result of the water blockade by the LTTE, he said.

The Minister said farmers have to be immediately granted the compensations to recommence their cultivation. Therefore, the Ministry will obtain Rs. 150 million from the Trust Fund of AAIB Farmer Pension Scheme to pay these compensations. The Treasury has agreed to refund this Rs. 150 million to the Trust Fund.

Meanwhile, the AAIB has also decided to extend this compensation to farmers who have cultivated their paddy lands without permits or those not included in the formal lists, he said.

The Government has also decided to grant further relief assistance to all displaced farmers until they recommence their cultivation activities and to provide facilities to farmers to resume their cultivation at the next season, the Minister said.

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