Anuradhapura Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) officials purchased 3,500 metric tons of paddy from the Anuradhapura district. This is the largest stock purchased compared with other districts.
The farmers have earned Rs. 1,600 million by marketing their harvest during the 2014/2015 Maha season to the PMB. Anuradhapura PMB's Regional Manager R.M.A. Rathnayaka said paddy purchasing centres have been opened in the Anuradhapura district to purchase the Maha harvest.
He said their target was to buy 40,000 metric tons of paddy or more from the Anuradhapura district including Dambulla and Palawehera in the Matale district.
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