Computer facilities for Grama Niladaries

SHIRLEY WIJESINGHE

The Government has decided to provide computerized telecommunication facilities to Grama Niladaris to streamline rural administration, Public Administration and Home Affairs and Deputy Finance Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama said.

The main objective of the project is to assist the Government to develop the village, Dr. Amunugama said.

He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the newly constructed building for the Harispattuwa, Kandy Divisional Secretariat recently built at a cost of Rs. 65 million.

Minister Dr. Amunugama said the greatest challenge today before the Government is to restore Civil Administration in the North. Staff vacancies including the Sri Lanka Administration Service in the above provinces will be filled soon to provide better public service. A survey on the un-utilised lands in the division will be carried out with the support of the respective Divisional Secretariats. At least 12 perches of land should be given to each public servant, he added.

Dr. Amunugama said the construction of housing complexes for public servants are being completed in Colombo, Kandy and Galle.

New sub officers attached to the respective Divisional Secretariat will be opened to help some areas in the Northern and Eastern Provinces, Minister Dr. Amunugama added. Construction activities of the proposed building for the Poojapitiya Divisional Secretariat was launched by Minister Dr. Amunugama.

Kandy District Secretariat Gotabhaya Jayaratne , Harispattuwa Divisional Secretary A. P.W. Ariyawansa and Poojapitiya Divisional Secretary Dayamenike Sarathchandra were also present.