The Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) has stocked around 66,000 metric tons of paddy in the Anuradhapura district. It includes 32,000 mt bought in 2015 Yala and 34,460 mt of paddy purchased in the 2014/2015 Maha season.
It has been planned to cultivate paddy in 260,000 hectares in the Anuradhapura district during the 2015/2016 Maha season. The PMB aims to enhance storage facilities up to 50,000 mt in the district.
