Sri Lanka, Dec. 5 -- A meeting was held yesterday (04) at the Presidential Secretariat, presided by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, with the participation of officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance, to review the damage sustained in the agriculture, livestock and irrigation sectors and the urgent steps required for their restoration.

The discussions focused on the losses incurred to paddy, maize, grain and vegetable cultivation due to the adverse weather conditions affecting the country, as well as the need to promptly initiate the distribution of compensation to the affected farmers, the President's Media Division (PMD) said.

Attention was also drawn to the impact on livestock and the irrigation secto...