Grama Niladhari vacancies to be filled next year

Ridma DISSANAYAKE

"Action will be taken to recruit new Grama Niladharis for the 82 Grama Niladhari vacancies in the Batticaloa district at the beginning of next year," said Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister W. D. J. Seneviratne.

"The lack of Tamil language proficiency among applicants is the main reason for the vacancies," he said.

Minister Seneviratne was addressing the Batticaloa Grama Sewaka meeting held at the Municipal Council recently. He made an inspection tour in the Batticaloa district and opened a newly built circuit bungalow in Sewa Piyasa Office in Wakare. Staff officer's quarters of the District Secretariat and the administrative building in the Batticaloa district was also opened by Minister Seneviratne. The Batticaloa district had seen rapid development due to the Mahinda Chinthana Future Vision Nagenahira Nawodaya project, he said. The Public Administration and Home Affairs Ministry and Strengthening Civil Administration Programme (SCAP) of Kuwait have spent Rs 60 million for the constructions.

A batch of 10 Grama Niladharis whose service has been appreciated will be granted scholarships in 2012 for short-term trainings in foreign countries, the minister added.

All measures will be taken by the Public Administration and Home Affairs Ministry to establish 25 Sewa Piyasa Offices in each district. Essential services such as Grama Niladhari, Samurdhi Niladhari, family health service and agriculture service will be provided by those Sewa Piyasa offices, the minister said. Public Administration and Home Affairs Deputy Minister Vijaya Dahanayake and Resettlement Deputy Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan also participated.