President orders speedy repair of Padaviya-Sripura Road

Rasika Somarathna

COLOMBO: President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday ordered the speedy reconstruction of the Padaviya-Sripura main road in order to propogate development in the Welioya villages.

In a meeting with relevant officials in the area at Temple Trees yesterday, President Rajapaksa orderd the Divisional Secretary to prepare a report pertaining to problems facing civil administration in order to find viable solutions to the matters.

The strategically located Welioya which borders four districts, has been under constant threat by terrorists for a long time. As such the President assured the area representatives that the Government would take all steps to ensure security of the people in the area.

The President responded positively as his attention was drawn to the Kivul Oya irrigation project by the Peoples’ representatives in the area where they pointed out that the implementation of the project would enable the cultivation of 6000 hectares of paddy.

Steps were also taken to address the shortage of teachers and doctors in the area with immediate effect. The President ordered the officials to handover the construction of the Padaviya-Sripura road to the Civil Defence Force.

The meeting was attended by Ven.Polonnaruwe Thilakalankara Thera of Kiriibbanwewa, Ven.Ranawana Damminda Thera of Ethawetunuwewa, NCP Chief Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake and Ministers Tissa Karaliyadda, S.M.Chandrasena, Duminda Dissanayake along with the Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunge, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Treasury Secretary Dr.P.B.Jayasundera, General. Sarath Weerasekera along with civil administrators and Peoples’ Representatives in the area.