The Sri Lankan government has pledged compensation for farmers who had their paddy fields ruined by extreme flooding this month, Colombo Page reports.
The minister of agriculture made the order to provide the compensation via the Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board of Sri Lanka.
Rs 100,000 per hectare or Rs. 40,000 per acre of damaged paddy field land has been pledged.
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More than 120,000 people have been affected by the recent floods that have struck across the Vanni, according to data released by the government’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC).
The data comes as reports emerge the flooding was caused by the negligence of officials who allowed Iranamadu tank was allowed to overfill followed by the simultaneous opening of all the sluice gates.
An overwhelming response in donations from Tamil diaspora worldwide has been distributed across the Vanni via local civil society groups, student organisations and charities.
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