Surveyor General's funeral tomorrow

The funeral of Surveyor General B.J.P. Mendis will be held tomorrow at 3.30 p.m. at the Holy Emmanual Church, Rawathawatta, Moratuwa. He was 59 years at the time of his death.

Mendis had his education at Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa and entered the University of Peradeniya and passed the B.Sc Science degree with first class honours winning the gold medal.

He did the MSc in Satellite Remote Sensing at the University of London and was also a lecturer at the University of Peradeniya.

Mendis joined the Sri Lanka Survey Department on September 1975 as an Assistant Superintendent of Surveys and he held the positions of Deputy Surveyor General, Additional Surveyor General and was appointed as the 43rd Surveyor General on October 29, 2004.

He was also the Chairman of the Land Survey Council and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Diyatalawa.

He was a Member of the Director Board of the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency.

His remains are lying at his residence 44/13, Templers Road, Mount Lavinia and will be brought to the Surveyor General's Office, Survey Department, Narahenpita, Colombo 5 today and kept from 1.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m.

He leaves his wife Dr. Srikanthi Mendis and two children.