SP developed under UPFA

D. C. de Silva, Kahawa special correspondent

I have no hesitation, to commend the public sector development progress, achieved under Mahinda Chinthana principles, activated by the Southern Province Chief Minister (CM) in the Province for the past few years, said Southern Province Governor, Kumari Balasuriya at Gonapinuwala.

She was the Chief Guest at the ceremonial commissioning of the newly built Gonapinuwala Divisional Secretariat and its affiliated official residence at a cost of Rs. 26 million in the Ambalangoda electorate.

She said, Shan Wijayalal de Silva holding the office of Provincial Chief Minister for the past five years, performed his duties to the entire satisfaction of President Rajapaksa and people of the Province.

I know very well of his active performances under Jathika Saviya Gama Neguma and Maga Neguma, under the principles of Mahinda Chinthana. Ninety percent of the rural roads in the Province have been satisfactorily carpeted or cemented, up to now.

The Governor said, Wherever I visited the province’ I didn’t see any area away from ongoing public sector development projects. When speaking of the public transportation activities in the province, he had taken steps to deploy buses on many interior roads which were never used by buses before.

She said, there were so many new buildings erected by the SPC everywhere in the Province in order to house Government offices in places of old and dilapidated buildings. School bus services are in operation everywhere in the province in order to facilitate schoolchildren.

All the impassable roads in an around Ambalangoda were reconstructed by the SPC. On all those development projects the SPC under Shan Wijayalal has spent SPC funds carefully and meaningfully. The Governor said, Rs. 1,200 million has been allocated for the Jathika Saviya Maga Neguma development program.

I am meeting Health Authorities in the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota these days in order to rectify shortcomings in that sector. The Government and the SPC were doing all these development activities while engaged in a war with the LTTE Separatist Tigers, in order to safeguard our Motherland’s territorial integrity.

Chief Minister Shan Wijayalal de Silva addressing the occasion said, Ambalangoda area was given a new face look only under an SLFP led Government and not the UNP. Ambalangoda and around remained in a same old form for centuries and all those things were subjected to a drastic change under development programs stipulated in the Mahinda Chinthana.

Galle District Secretary Ashoka Jayasekara, Galle Additional District Secretary W. Weerakoon, SPC Additional Chief Secretary A.P.P.D. Vas Gunawardena, Ambalangoda P. S. Chairman, P. S. Members, U. C. Chairman, Gonapinuwala Divisional Secretary Nimal Gunawardena, Mahasangha and a large crowd participated.