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ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka, 31 July 2012 COLOMBO - Farmers in Sri Lanka took to the streets on Tuesday demanding compensation for paddy lands destroyed due to a water shortage, the ColomboPage Internet newspaper reported on Tuesday. The farmers demanded the government to pay them Rs. 75,000 to cover their losses. Read more... |