Heartbreak instead of harvest for Puttalam farmers
Blow after blow: The Puttalam District’s Weherabandiweva devastated by a drought for two years had got some relief in May this year with some torrential rain. This encouraged farmers to cultivate their fields but the drought has hit again. This picture of a farmer carrying a piece of earth instead of any crop shows the gravity of the situation and the plight of the paddy farmers.