Uthuru Vasanthaya program:

Warehouse to repair machinery

Rafik JALALDEEN

The Northern Provincial Council is to implement a program under the Uthuru Vasanthaya (Northern Spring program) to build a warehouse to repair all machinery collected in the Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts.

Northern Province Governor G. A. Chandrasiri said all the machinery items such as bicycles, tractors, water pumps and other items and documents in the Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu are to be recovered and repaired at the warehouse.

"Over 500 bicycles, 200 tractors, thousands of water pumps and many other machinery items have been recovered so far from the Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts," he added.

A warehouse will be constructed in Kilinochchi to repair the recovered machinery items.

Initially, the recovered items will be transported to Kilinochchi and will be repaired by the Government. The repaired machinery will be taken back to the original place and handed over to the people.

"If a tractor was identified by the owner after being repaired, the owner will have to incur the cost of repair. Bicycles and water pumps will be repaired free of charge by the Government and handed over to people in the respective areas," Major General Chandrasiri told the Daily News.

This program was initiated by the Northern Province Governor after obtaining approval from the Ministry of Defence and the Northern Provincial Council.