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| Sunday, 29 August 2004 |
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Positive response to President's request for drought relief Representatives of foreign missions and international donor agencies met at the President's Office in Colombo on August 24 in response to President Chandrika Kumaratunga's appeal for urgent assistance for victims of the ongoing drought in the country. The Secretary to the President, W. J. S. Karunaratne briefed the donor agencies on the extent of the damage and the government's efforts to ease the problems of nearly 700,000 drought-hit families in 16 districts, which is about 16% of the total population.The World Food Programme (WFP) handed over the first stock of the 1,750 metric tonnes of wheat flour it had pledged, to the Secretary to the President and the officials of the Human Disaster Management Council at the meeting. Ministers Maithripala Sirisena and Milroy Fernando, whose constituencies of Polonnaruwa and Puttalam are two of the sixteen drought-affected districts, were also present at the discussion chaired by the Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Acting Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva. |
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