1.   The police will also no longer provide dry rations for the General Operations Force personnel, except for those stationed at islands.

2.   The ship was being used to supply dry rations and perishable food to isolated northern military bases.

3.   They used a desalinator to provide water and carried packs of dry rations.

4.   Fresh vegetables, green chillies and the small red onions Jaffna is famous for are already flooding mushrooming markets but dry rations are still in short supply.

5.   The Department of Social Services and security forces have been carrying out relief operations in the region, providing dry rations to affected families.