Acres of paddy fields destroyed

6 December 2010 10:00 am

More than 100 acres of paddy fields were destroyed due to several dams breaching in the Vavuniya District due to heavy rainfall in recent weeks, the Emergency Operation Centre of the Disaster Management Centre reported

18 acres of paddy field were destroyed due to a dam breach of the Talikulam Lake while 85 acres of paddy fields were destroyed due to a dam breach in the Nochchikulam Lake it was reported. (Gandhya Senanayake)