28,967 acres to be cultivated this Maha season in Jaffna District

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28,967 acres to be cultivated this Maha season in Jaffna District
28,967 acres of paddy fields are expected to be cultivated this Maha Season. This was revealed during a press conference on Monday (Sep 27), including Minister for Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa.
According to sources, 3,000 acres of land within the once 'High Security Zone (HSZ)' area are also to be cultivated under the project. The main ceremony, the 'Wap Magul' depicting the beginning of the Maha season will be held in Ariyalai area, which was once a HSZ.
Meanwhile, Jaffna farmers are also expected to cultivate cash crops such as onions, chillies and vegetables such as carrot, beetroot as well as local varieties in 6,500 acres of high land in the Jaffna district the sources said.