Colombo (News 1st): Minister of Plantation Industries Navin Dissanayake visited Jaffna today (August 10). Minister Navin Dissanayake visited the Naga Viharaya in Jaffna this morning, engaged in religious observances and planted a coconut tree in the premises.

Subsequently, new appointments were given for coconut plantation development officers and farmers were given relief by the Minister at the Palali Model Coconut Garden.

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