Sri Lanka, July 19 -- The Ministry of Women and Child Affairs is prepared to facilitate the mother of the baby abandoned in a paddy field in the Paragahadeniya-Singhapura area of Kurunegala, should she come forward to claim custody.

Minister Saroja Paulraj made this announcement today (18) during a press conference in Colombo.

The infant was discovered yesterday (17) by Mawathagama Police officers after residents alerted them to a baby abandoned at the foot of a tree in a paddy field along the Kurunegala-Kandy main road in Paragahadeniya-Singhapura.

The Minister confirmed that investigations are currently underway to locate the mother of the abandoned child.

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