Paddy cultivators in Trincomalee, Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa has been left in the lurch owing to sudden decline of water levels in reservoirs, JVP MP S. K. Subasinghe said yesterday.
He said that the ill-effects of the economic crisis were not felt drastically, thanks to the strong contribution made by the agriculture sector. "If agriculture fails we would end up in a big crisis."
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/drop-water-levels-has-left-farmers-lurch
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/island-sri-lanka
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tanks
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/reservoirs
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sri-lanka
