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64,000 hectares of newly sown NP paddy fields devastated by heavy rains
By Dinasena Ratugamage
Over 64,000 hectares of paddy fields in the Northern Province have been destroyed by heavy rainfall. The worst-hit district is Mannar, where approximately 23,000 hectares of paddy fields have been affected.
Representatives of farmers’ organisations in the North said the paddy fields, where cultivation had only begun days earlier would have to be re-cultivated.
In many areas, the bunds of irrigation tanks had collapsed and that would pose a problem for farming in the short and medium term, representatives of farmers’ associations said.
The government has announced compensation for the flood-damaged fields, they said.
It has been reported that the death toll in the Gerandi Ella accident which took place this morning has risen to 21. It has also been reported that the government wil rs 1 million as compensation to the families of the victims.
It has been reported that the death toll in the Gerandi Ella bus accident has risen to 11
It has been reported that Eight persons [five males and three females] have died when a SLTB bus operating from Kataragama to Kurunegala via Nuwara Eliya, veered off the road and went down a precipice early morning today (11) in Gerandi Ella in Ramboda along the Nuwara Eliya – Gampola main road, Police said.
At least 37 others injured in the accident, have been admitted to the Nuwar Eliya and Kothmale hospitals.
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