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Youth drowns in pool

Leslie Perera Ja-Ela Central Correspondent

An 18 year old youth who had attended a birthday party of a relative at Villa Palm Resort at Pamunugama, Wellewatte was found drowned in the swimming pool of the hotel.

The deceased has been identified as Kandaswamy from Maligawate, Colombo - the only child in the family. This incident had taken place on last Saturday.

Pamunugama police are investigating.

Smooth drive to two provinces

Shirley Wijesinghe

A road network extending to 5,000 km in the North Western Province (NWP) and the Central Province (CP) were completed by the Local Government and Provincial Councils Ministry, Ministry sources said.

About 191 km roads in the NWP and 140 Km roads in the CP have been renovated with funding from the Asian Development Bank and JBIC respectively. In 2008, road development was a key area of development undertaken by the Ministry. In addition to road projects , the Ministry is implementing a special project to prepare detailed designs for 2,400 km of provincial roads, between 2009 to 2014.

As a result, the ADB , World Bank and JBIC have already promised funding, the sources said.

Of the total length of over 100,000 km of road network in the country,17,740 km are national roads while 16,000 km are provincial roads.

Fined

S.M. Wijayaratne Kurunegala correspondent

A person who pleaded guilty for possessing one and half kilos of venison with a hand gun was fined Rs. 30,000 by Kekirawa Magistrate Srinith Wijesekera.

D.M. Heenbanda of Kekirawa was in the habit of killing deer for meat and skins for a long time.

Tank renovation

The Agricultural Department has allocated Rs. 95 million for the rehabilitation of Magalle Tank Renovation project in Nikawaratiya under 'Peace' project this year.

The renovation activities were inaugurated recently under the aegis of Nikaweratiya SLFP Chief Organiser Soma Kumari Thennakoon.

This project once completed will benefit nearly 35,000 farmer families in the area.

Awareness campaigns

MOHAMMED NAALIR

The Disaster Management Coordinating Office of the Trincomalee District Secretariat Office is jointly conducting awareness campaigns and workshops with the United Nations Development Project to those in 75 Grama Niladari Divisions vulnerable to natural disasters Trincomalee District Secretariat sources said.. Through such campaigns it is intended to minimise the human losses at any disaster situations.

Sources said that the public will be made aware of the disaster situations and ways and means of escaping.

Meanwhile disaster management teams have been formulated in the coastal areas of Muttur, Kinniya and Kuchchaveli areas.

Mattala ideal for flying school

Raja Waidyasekara Tissamaharama special correspondent

Mattala with its proposed airport will be an ideal location for an aviation training school according to a Wing Commander to wished to remain anonymous.

He said that such a training school will provide training to meet international standards from basic stage to international advanced training.

The Wing Commander said that the potential for such foreign investment in Sri Lanka is high due to the restrictions that exists for flying schools in USA at present.

He said that Mattala also provides a calm isolated environment required for flying training and a hospitable terrain.

Rs. 5 lakhs for road repair

Gamini Samaranayake Kandy Roving correspondent

A road from Abasingama to Napana road in the Napana Grama Niladhari division in the Pathadumbara Divisional Secretariat area is being concreted under the “Jathika Saviya - Maga Neguma” programme.

The Pathadumbara Pradeshiya Sabha has allocated Rs. 500,000 for this purpose.

Slain with clubs

Aloka Bandara Dissanayake Dambulla special correspondent

M.H. Saleem of Kekirawa has been found murdered. He is about 40 years old. His body with severe injuries caused by assault with clubs was found lying by a canal close to the Nikawatawana cemetery.

It is alleged that he has had a long standing affair with a woman in the area and had visited her on the day of the murder. The woman is missing and Dambulla Police are investigating.