Government committed to ‘battle for prosperity’

Mahinda P. Liyanage Galle Central special corr

The government is fully committed to the ‘Battle for Prosperity’ of the motherland for which cause all State officials, heads of departments together with the public should essentially travail wholly and truly, said Presidential Senior Advisor, Parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa speaking at the special meeting held to discuss the Galle District Development Plan and to review its progress, held at the Hall De Galle in Galle.

A large number of higher officials of government departments and institutions in association with prominent political leaders of the district participated at the meeting.

“The government strategy for the Battle for Prosperity is to form potent rural households in order to develop the village and thereby ushering prosperity to the entire nation. We are highly optimistic over the success of this integrated development project launched with the active involvement and participation of state officials and general public.

The government has already completed 95 percent of the work on electrification of the Galle district and we will accomplish the entire project very soon for which Rs. 80 million has already been allocated, he added.

With the reputed victory over ruthless terrorism, we have been able to regain the control and dominion over 2/3 of Sri Lankan waters and 1/3 of the country’s soil of which the State mastery had been lost for over three decades.

However now we can formulate development programs covering the entire country for which utmost dedication and devotion of State officials and the public is seriously essential, he said.

At the meeting a thorough overall discussion and review of the district’s development projects in every field were carried out. Special attention was paid to the Galle City Development plan.

Southern Province Chief Minister Shan Vijayalal De Silva, Southern Province Governor Kumari Balasooriya, Vocational and Technical Training Minister Piyasena Gamage, Nation Building Minister Gunarathne Weerakoon, Social Services Deputy Minister Lionel Premasiri, Galle district secretary Asoka Jayasekara and S.P. Chief Secretary M.B. Disanayake also spoke.