Relieved faces were seen among paddy farmers as they collected sacks containing much-needed urea for the upcoming Maha season.
Distribution of urea commenced yesterday through agrarian service centres island-wide. A ship carrying 22,000 metric tons of urea purchased under the World Bank loan scheme arrived at the Colombo port on Monday. This is the second consignment of urea purchased under the above loan scheme. (Pix by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe from Anamaduwa)
The Department of National Zoological Gardens is readying enclosures to quarantine two large tortoises that were found stranded 15 kilometers westwards off Pitipana Negombo, today.
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