UPFA gets new office in Gampaha

Rasika SOMARATHNA

President Mahinda Rajapaksa opened the new United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) district head office building at Orutota Road, Gampaha yesterday. The new UPFA office complex constructed according to an environmental-friendly plan, was carried out on the direction of UPFA Gampaha district leader, Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa.

President Rajapaksa opened the office at an auspicious time yesterday morning accompanied by Minister Basil Rajapaksa and others amidst the chanting of pirith by the Maha Sangha.

Blessings offered by religious dignitaries of all faiths followed as Gampaha district UPFA activists entered their new abode.

The new all inclusive modern office complex fulfils a long existing void for a permanent UPFA political headquarters in the district. The new UPFA district head office building of 9,826 square feet has been constructed in a one-acre block of land. The main auditorium has seating arrangements for 180 people while the open air section has facilities to accommodate 900.

There are 10 rooms at the lower level and four at the upper level. Outside the building is a large homegarden full of vegetable crops and herbal plants with a sprinkler to provide water. Solar power has been used to provide electricity to the building.

The car park can accommodate 40 vehicles.

Ministers Nimal Siripala de Silva, Mervyn Silva, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Wimal Weerawansa, Mahinda Amaraweera, Johnston Fernando, Felix Perera, Pavithra Wanniarachchi, C.B. Ratnayake, Athauda Seneviratne, Pandu Bandaranayake and Lasantha Alagiyawanna, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, Chief Ministers and Governors also participated.