Sri Lanka is grateful to India!!!
India stands at every step to help sri lanka, which is facing economic crisis. The country is still facing the consequences of the decision of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa regarding the cultivation of the country. Due to the change in agricultural policy, food crisis has also arisen in front of Sri Lanka. To rescue sri lanka from the crisis, india has sent a consignment of 21,000 tonnes of urea to Sri Lanka. Even before this, india has sent 44,000 tonnes of urea to Sri Lanka.
The consignment of urea fertilizer was officially handed over by the High Commissioner of india to sri lanka Gopal Baglay, the indian High Commission in Colombo said in a series of posts, "It is the fragrance of friendship and cooperation." The High Commissioner formally supplied 21,000 tonnes of fertilizers sent to the people of sri lanka under special cooperation from India. This follows the 44,000 tonnes of fertilizer shipped last month under indian aid of around $4 billion in 2022.
Urea consignment was sent only last month
He further said, 'This fertilizer will contribute to food security and will benefit the farmers of Sri Lanka. This reflects close ties with india and mutual trust and goodwill. When the 44,000-ton consignment reached sri lanka in July, Agriculture minister Mahinda Amaraweera had said it would soon be distributed to agricultural service centres. Addressing the Parliament, the minister said that sri lanka is grateful to india, which helped the country going through difficult times.
Due to shortage of urea, farmers had to leave farming
Sri Lanka could not import fertilizers without dollar reserves, due to which many farmers had to give up farming. As a result, there was a shortage of food, especially rice, in the country. Public agitation, along with street fighting against Rajapaksa, toppled the government, forcing the president to flee the country in July. In the midst of the economic crisis, india has sent financial assistance of about $ 3.8 billion in the form of essential items including food, fuel, medicine and fertilizer since January.
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