Record paddy purchase in Anuradhapura
Nimal Wijesinghe - Anuradhapura Additional District
group correspondent
The Paddy Marketing Board (PMB)has purchased a record quantity of
paddy exceeding 26,000 metric tons from the Anuradhapura zone. The zone
includes Anuradhapura, Vavuniya, Mannar, Kilinochchi and Mulaithivu
districts.
Anuradhapura PMB zonal manager Bandula Kumara said they purchased
5,000 metric tons of paddy from the north.
Though there were 34 purchasing centres in the Anuradhapura district,
18 are not functioning due to lack of space. In the northern region, the
PMB launched seven buying centres at Mulaithivu, Kilinochchi, Mulangiril,
Mankulam, Ramanathapuram, Nanattan and Kattankulam.
The Anuradhapura zonal PMB office will buy paddy exceeding 30,000
metric tons.
According to sources, the Anuradhapura district is on the top in Maha
season paddy purchasing as against 16,500 and 16,000 metric tons
purchased in Polonnaruwa and Ampara respectively. The Anuradhapura
District Secretary instructed the Anuradhapura zonal PMB authorities to
commence a mobile paddy purchasing service in areas where purchasing
centres were either closed or not available. |