Jaffna to hold agri exhibition

The Jaffna Agriculture Department will hold a mega agricultural exhibition at Tinnavelly, Jaffna District Agricultural Training Centre from September 5 to 9. Daily a minister will declare open the exhibition. The first day’s exhibition will be opened by Traditional Industries and Small Enterprises Development Minister Douglas Devananda. On the second day Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene will open the exhibition. On the third and fourth day, Ministers Siripala de Silva and Rishard Bathutheen will declare open the exhibition. The last day’s event will be opened by Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa.

Cancer clinic at Karainagar

A cancer clinic has been opened at Karainagar government hospital. The cancer expert Dr N Jeyakumaran will visit the clinic on the fourth Wednesday of every month. The opening of this clinic is a boon to the cancer patients in far off places like Moolai Chulipuram and Vaddukoddai. It has also reduced the rush of cancer patients to Jaffna Teaching Hospital.

Shop burgled

A shop at Krishnapuram, Kilinochchi has been burgled on September 2 night and several lakhs worth of telephone equipment and electrical goods were stolen. The Kilinochchi police are investigating.

Businessman murdered

A native of Inuvil having a business establishment in Mannar has been murdered in his shop at Arlkaddi Veli on September 1. The deceased is Kanagaratnem Mahendran, 42, of Inuvil. The Mannar acting magistrate M M Saburdeen visited the scene of murder and held the magisterial inquiry. It was revealed at the inquiry that the murdere had entered into his shop by the backside cutting off the tin sheet enclosing the shop. The acting magistrate ordered for a post mortem examination. The Viduthaltheevu police are investigating.

Mother, son injured in mishap

A mother and her son have been seriously injured in a motor cycle and van accident at Atchuvely on September 1. They are admitted to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital and later transferred to Colombo for advanced treatment.

Fish auction centre opened

An auction centre built at a cost of Rs six million has been opened at Mathagal by M Chandrakumar MP for the benefit of the fishermen of Mathagal village. A long time request for an auction centre by the people of Mathagal has been fulfilled. The next step is to build a jetty at Mathagal for the fishing community, said Chandrakumar speaking at the opening ceremony.

Auditor General’s sub-office for Mullaitivu

Auditor General H A S Samaraweera laid the foundation stone for a sub-office of the Auditor General’s office at Mullaitivu on September 1. The Economic Development Ministry voted Rs 5.5 million for the building. The Deputy Auditor General, Mullaitivu Government Agent A Pathinathan, 591 Brigade Commander Brigadier, Superintendent of Police Janaka Gunathilaka participated in the foundation stone laying ceremony.

Cottage industry exhibition at Hindu College

A cottage industry exhibition under the patronage of Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa has been organized by Traditional Industries and Small Enterprises Development Minister Douglas Devananda at Jaffna Hindu College on September 10 and 11. Five ministries are jointly conducting this exhibition and 6,000 cottage industrialists are expected to benefit by the exhibition.

The five ministries and the departments under them will exhibit new machines and give technical know-how to the industrialists with low capital. New investors will be guided to obtain capital for their industry by the bank officials at the exhibition.

Money for incubators collected at meeting

At the meeting of Jaffna Lions Club held at Gnanams Hotel, Jaffna, on August 31, Rs 750,000 was collected in 12 minutes to buy incubators for children born underweight and with insufficient physical development.

The International Lions Club 306 B 1 District and Lions Clubs of 9, 10, 11 zones jointly welcomed the new District Governor Lion Priyantha Fernando and Director International Lions Club, Lion Sunil Wattawela. The gynacologist Jaffna Teaching Hospital Dr H Arunmoli said at least fifty infants born in Jaffna Teaching Hospital are found to be underweight due to malnutrition and insufficient physical development. We need at least thirty incubators to nurse them.

After her speech the District Governor Priyantha Fernando gave his donation for the incubator. In 12 minutes the list was full with Rs 755,000. The donation list was handed over to International Director Sunil Wattawela. It was decided that by next month 30 incubators will be sent to Jaffna Teaching Hospital.

It was said that the Jaffna Lions Club has already donated Rs 100,000 worth of incubators to Jaffna Teaching Hospital.