Since annihilation of terrorism:

‘SL steering towards rapid development’

PPG Sugathadasa, Thihagoda group corr

“Sri Lanka is steering towards a rapid socio economic development since the annihilation of LTTE terrorism.

“The onus of supporting President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his administration to achieve goals in the Mahinda Chintana national development programme, lie with us,” Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Dullas Alahapperuma said.

He was addressing a well attended public ceremony after having upgraded the Urugamuwa Government Hospital to the state of a District Hospital at Urugamuwa, in Dickwella.

Minister Alahapperuma said that the conflict had pushed back the country’s development process by 30 years. He said that different political ideologies should be confined during the election period only. In view of the efficient and experienced statesmanship of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, this government was able to persist with its national development process even during the conflict.

According to the Mahinda Chintana, the rural infrastructural improvement has been the focal point in ameliorating the economy in Sri Lanka.

Accelerating improvements of the rural road network, the supply of water and electricity facilities could be witnessed in every nook and corner of Sri Lanka, the minister said.