Approximately 600 farmers in Region Ten, who suffered losses due to devastating floods in May and June, received government flood relief grants on Saturday, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
In a report, the DPI said Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill led the distribution exercises at the Kwakwani Recreational Centre and the Hururu Primary School, where farmers came out in their numbers to receive the cash under the agriculture support programme.
The report noted that roughly $75 million will be distributed under the programme in the region this weekend, while a total of over $7 billion has been allocated to support farmers who suffered losses from the flooding countrywide.
