Agri produce sans weedicide

Priyanka Kurugala

The Indigenous Medicine Ministry has taken measures to establish a model village which can produce agricultural products free from pesticide and weedicide use to eradicate the wide spread kidney disease in the country.

The lack of purified water, especially in the Northern Central Province, have been identified as the chief cause for kidney disease. Poverty is another reason, ministry sources said. The ministry selected Hatangama in Moragollagama in the Galgamuwa electorate in Kurunegala district to launch this project.

It has been named Hatagama Tharuna Osu- Govi Samodana Wiyapruthi Gammanaya. Under this project, 50 families in the village will be provided saplings of vegetables and seeds, funds for preparing soil , organic fertiliser, herbal plants, rain water tanks, technical knowledge and training.