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Sri Lanka: Mavilaru farmers get compensation but Batticaloa farmers are denied - TNA in Parliament

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Sunday, 09 September 2007
thumb_178sn_tna_logoThanmanpillai Kanagasabai, the TNA Batticaloa Parliamentarian, stated that while the farmers in Mavilaru were paid compensation for the failure of the paddy cultivation on the basis of 25,000 per acre, the farmers of Batticaloa have not been given a cent as compensation for the loss of paddy cultivation due to drought. It is obviously a discriminatory measure.

He further stated that Lord Buddha gave up princely life and embraced spiritual life. But the venerable Bhikku Parliamentarians have given up religious life and entered the political arena. But it is misfortune they don’t speak the truth.

He further stated that the government talks about development all the time. The main occupation of the people of Batticaloa is paddy cultivation but the government has not appointed agricultural development officers in the north east. “Why is the government discriminatory?, he questioned.

He stated that the cattle in the east are killed by shell attacks. They are injured by shell attacks and they have fallen sick but in Batticaloa district there are only 4 veterinary surgeons.

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