Over 1100 acres of land abandoned in strife-torn Jaffna peninsula will be developed by the Sri Lankan government under a cultivation programme by giving huge subsidies to the farmers.
"Marking another historic achievement in the Northern Development drive the government yesterday inaugurated a massive cultivation project in the Jaffna peninsula with cultivation of 1124 acres of Paddy land," an official statement said today.
This project falls under the Government's 'Uthuru Wasanthaya' (Vadakkin Vasantham) development programme is an initiative of the Presidential Task Force chaired by senior presidential advisor and parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa. Read more ...
Friday, August 28, 2009
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