‘Govt spending lot of resources to crush terrorism’

A. Keerthisinghe Alawwa special correspondent

The Government is spending a major share of resources to eradicate the terrorism and not neglected the programmes for the uplift of remote rural localities, said Highways Minister T.B. Ekanayake at Alawwa, Dambadeniya.

He was addressing a meeting after the unveiling the commemorative plaques of Maharachchimulla bridge at Dambadeniya built at a cost of Rs. 3 million under the Gama Neguma programme.

Minister Ekanayake said the Government will provide all facilities for the war heroes’ families up to this moment the blood thirsty terrorists have already been defeated and their defeat further confirmed due to the Eastern Provincial Council elections.

He said the Government has done much for the welfare of villagers.

Millions of rupees were invested to provide infrastructure facilities such as construction and restoration of highways, construction of bridges, providing school buildings and hospitals etc.

The Minister said that people in rural areas have a great faith on the Government. On the instructions of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Mahinda Chintana focuses on the rural villages by linking them with main roads and burgeoning towns so as to make the lives of the villagers comfortable.

North Western PC member and SLFP organiser for Dambadeniya Shantha Bandara, Alawwa PS Chairman Sumith Rajapaksa, Alawwa Divisional Secretary Wajira Kamburugamuwa also spoke.