President distributes 250Mn worth agri equipment

COLOMBO (News 1st);  President Gotabaya Rajapaksa distributed agricultural machinery worth 250 million rupees to 47 agrarian service centers in 6 provinces on Thursday (03).

Equipment was distributed to the Agrarian Service Centers under the Functional Climate Friendly Irrigation Agriculture Project to encourage farmers to engage in green agriculture and to maximize productivity.

The equipment consisted of 07 types of machinery including harvesting machines, weeding machines, harvesters, plant nursery machines and tractors equipped with 45 horsepower.