Minister assures support to sick villagers

U. H. Ranil Kumara Rakwana group correspondent

The public who are suffering with diseases in the area will be supported with medicinal expenses and to uplift their economy which has gone down due to sicknesses will be granted with financial help, said the Minister of Power and Energy W. D. J. Seneviratne.

He was addressing a public meeting where financial and medicinal facilities were granted for the public who were effected with the disease of 'chikungunya' at the Ratnapura District Secretariat on July 2.

The Minister said "the public in this area could not earn money for their cost of living during the past few months, because of the 'chikungunya' disease which effected them very badly.

They were under financial difficulties because they couldn't do any work and their income went down.

We are supporting them without considering about their party or the colour.

I will specially look into these grants from which they can come up. For the past few weeks the 'chikungunya' disease effected them.

We, and the public will launch a project to avoid this disease along with the Health Authorities.

The MOH office at present instructs the public how to avoid these viruses which are expanding within this area. We as social workers will always look into the public in their regretful situations."

The District Organiser of Ratnapura and the former Vice Chairman of the Provincial Council of Sabaragamuwa, Ranjith Bandara and the District Secretary Malani Premaratne with many other officials and the public participated at this event.