Rs. 7.5 m water project for Pangnagula

COLOMBO: The Pangnagula Drinking Water Supply Project, implemented at Rs. 7.5 million was vested in the people at a ceremony held under the Urban Development and Water Supply Minister Dinesh Gunawardena's patronage.

The project was launched under the Seethawaka Navodaya Development Programme as a part of the Community Water Supply and Sanitary Project implemented under the Urban Development and Water Supply Ministry.

The Minister said Pangnagula and Kalutuwawa East are two villages in an extremely uncongenial part of the Colombo District.

"The people in Colombo think that all parts of the Colombo District are equally well off, but they should visit these areas and find for themselves how far this myth is away from the truth," he said.

Minister Gunawardena unveiled the plaque in the presence of Deputy Speaker Geethanjana Gunawardena, Ven. Kobbegala Sumanarathana Nayaka Thera, Viharadhipathi of Pangnagula Sri Vivekarama Raja Maha Viharaya, Western Provincial Council Member Lionel Kariyawasam, Project Director W. Piyasena, Colombo District Director M. Wickramage, Seethawaka Urban Council Opposition Leader W. Obeysinghe and Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabha Member Jayantha Rohana.

Deputy Speaker Geethanjana Gunawardena also spoke.