Deyata Kirula Development Week:

ITI help to test drinking water

Priyanka KURUGALA

The Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) has extended its support to test drinking water in the Medawachchiya Divisional Secretariat under the Deyata Kirula Development Week.

The week began on July 25 and ends on July 31, Medawachchiya Divisional Secretary L P Madanayake told the Daily News.

“A number of shramadana campaigns have also been conducted under the aesis of the Deyata Kirula development project. There are 37 Grama Niladhari Divisions in the Medawachchiya Divisional Secretariat. A number of people participated in various shramadana campaigns such as cleaning reservoirs, reconstructing roads and repairing temples,he said.

“On July 27, around 200 officers including those from the Civil Security forces, public health inspectors, midwives, samurdi officers and Grama Niladharis participated in a shramadana campaign to clean a number of eateries and boutiques in the town. Officers issued instructions to keep these places clean and free from dengue,” he said.