The Coconut Cultivation Board (CCB) has decided to cut down and destroy around 5,000 coconut trees in the Matara District due to the rapid spread of the coconut root wilt disease, locally known as ’Weligama Wint’.
5,000 coconut trees to be destroyed to contain root wilt disease
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