Green fingers: STF soldiers working at a plantation in their model farm at Katukurunda.
A commando in an elite Sri Lankan police unit, Sameera Dilshan, has an unusual mission – to reclaim farms poisoned by salt, a long-standing problem now accelerating due to climate change.
Increasing salinity is slowly and steadily swallowing traditional rice fields along the island’s coastline, taking away the livelihood of generations of farmers.
