Sports goods for IDPs in Vavuniya
Anushka WITHANAGE
A ceremony to distribute sports goods among the clubs and sports
bodies of the five IDP camps in the Settikulam area, namely Kadirgamar,
Ananda Kumarasamy, Ramanathan, Arunachalam Camp and Zone 4 Camp, was
held on Wednesday at Vavuniya under the patronage of the Minstry of
Sports and Public Recreation.
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Minister of Sports and Public Recreations Gamini Lokuge and
Provincial Minister of Sports, Education and Cultural
affairs Luxshman Ilangovan handing over sports goods to
inmates of the Ramanathan camp in Settikulam. Also in the
picture are Secretory to the Ministy of Sports S. Liyanagama,
Director General, Department of Development Sports Bandula
Dahanayake and DIG Ravi Wijegunarathne. Pic by Sarath
Weerasinghe |
There are more than 300,000 Internally displaced persons residing at
those camps and the Ministry of Sports distributed Sports goods such as
carrom boards, netballs, volleyball nets, stumps, cricket bats, tennis
balls and chess boards etc. worth Rs. 1 .5 million along with kitchen
utensils worth 1.5 lack.
The Minister of Sports and Public Recreations Gamini Lokuge who was
the chief guest at the occasion said that the Ministry has taken steps
to develop Duraiyappah Ground Jaffna in collaboration with the Governor
of the Northern Provinces Major General G.A. Chandrasiri and upgrade the
Vavuniya MV as a Sports School while providing sports facilities to
schools in the Northern and Eastern Provinces. The ministry will also
take action to hold a combined sports festival with the Northern and
Eastern Provinces in the near future.
The Secretary to the Ministy of Sports S. Liyanagama, Director
General, Department of Development Sports Bandula Dahanayake, Chairman
National Olympic Committee Hemasiri Fernando, DIG (Wanni) Ravi
Wijegunaratne, Brigadier Senaka Wickramaratne and Secretary to the
Provincial Ministry of Sports, Education and Cultural affairs Lakshman
Ilangovan were also present at the occasion. |
