Dry rations worth of Rs. 20m among displaced [January 12 2011]

Ministry of Resettlement has made arrangements to send dry rations worth of Rs. 20 million to distribute among the people in flood hit areas, Minister Vinayagamoothi Muralitharan said.

He said out of 5000 bags of dry rations to be sent, 1,500 bags will be distributed among people as an immediate relief measure. Minister

of Disaster relief Mahinda Amaraweera and Deputy Ministers Hisbullah and Muralitharan distributed dry rations,clothes and other nessesery goods to the effected people in Batticaloa