Srilanka, April 19 -- The Eastern Province highland cultivators and villagers have reaped a bumper yield of cucumber, popular now because of the warm weather prevailing in the Eastern Province.

Chena cultivators and villagers who grow cucumbers in their home garden earn an extra income. The investment is less but the profit is more.

Cultivators of cucumber at Kirankulam in the Batticaloa district and Thiraikeny in the Addalaichenai DS division harvested a bomber yield this time. At present a kilo of cucumber is sold at Rs.250 onwards.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Daily News Sri Lanka....