With the Government drive to promote the agriculture sector in the country in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and encourage more people to take up home gardening , state land that has been lying waste in semi urban areas too being used for cultivation.
The Lions Cub of Boralesgamuwa (306 2 A) this week began such an initiative with the objective of farming paddy in around ten acres of land in the area. The Club hopes to distribute the produce to needy people in the area , Lion Anil Chandraratne who initiated the program said.
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