PDA delegation to visit Jaffna

A twenty member delegation of the Petroleum Dealers’ Association (PDA) comprising office bearers and Executive Committee members headed by its President Raja Samaratunga will embark on a goodwill tour of Jaffna peninsula on 23 and 24 July where they will be meeting petroleum dealers in the North.

Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Manager, Marketing (Retail) D.S.L. Muhandiramge and his Deputy, B.G.H.N. Mendis together with a senior officer of the Reparis and Maintenance Unit will accompany the delegation to Jaffna.

For the first time in 30 years all petroleum dealers in the Jaffna peninsula will assemble at 3.00 p.m. on July 23 at the Cooperative Auditorium, KKS Road, Jaffna to discuss matters pertaining to the distribution network, and suggest and discuss ways and means of improving and stabilizing the petroleum business and more importantly, the provision of a better and more efficient service to customers and empowering the re-settlement and development process under the “Uthurata Vasanthaya” program of the Government to uplift the quality of life of the people in the North.

This goodwill tour and meeting of petroleum dealers in the North is being organized and coordinated by the Association’s Vice President, W.S. Shelton Fernando, Joint Secretary Nandasiri Galhena, Executive Committee Members, K.S. Ponnampalam and A.M. Thananayagham while CPC Area Manager (North) V. Shanmuganathan and PDA Administrative Secretary Asoka Mallawarachchi will function as Liaison Officers.