Compensation to farmers affected by floods

Priyanka KURUGALA

The Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board has paid Rs 200 million as compensation to farmers in all districts whose cultivation had been affected by rain and floods during January this year, the Board's Chairperson Sumana Ariyadasa said.

Around 5,000 farmers in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Ampara, Batticaloa and Trincomalee have been paid compensation. Hambantota, Kurunegala, Nuwara-Eliya and Matale district farmers are also being paid compensation, she said.

"This is to help solve farmers' unrest. Farmers now have the opportunity to resume their farming for the next season," she said.