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New mayor to sell luxury vehicle

Matara Municipal Council new Mayor Susindra Handunge has decided to sell the luxury official vehicle used by the former Mayor and utilize the income earned to purchase much needed ordinary vehicles for the Council. This luxury vehicle had been bought for Rs 5.3 million in 2007 and according to the new Mayor, the Council is unable to afford its maintenance.

The monthly fuel bill alone is more than Rs 30,000 and nearly Rs 100,000 is required annually for its maintenance. The fuel bill of the vehicle for the last eight months alone had cost Rs 234,639 and repairs this year had cost Rs 300,000.


Wild elephants on the rampage

Wild elephants have damaged two houses and destroyed another one in the area of Manampitiya - a gateway to the ‘zone’ recently.

Wildlife Department officials have been informed of the wild elephants reaching this locality, villagers said.


SACOBA dinner dance

The annual dinner dance organized by St. Anthony’s College Old Boys Association will be held on November 5, 2011 at the Intercontinental Hotel commencing from 8.30 pm. Contact Susantha Perera on 011279844 or Ranjith de Mel on 0727870357 for details.


Canteen keepers in hot water

Two canteen keepers at the Matara General Hospital who were produced before Matara Additional Magistrate Dulani Amarasinghe for keeping unhygienic food items for sale in their canteens, were fined Rs. 3,000 each.

The Matara Municipal Council Public Health Department prosecuted.


O’ Positive lung needed

A section of an O’ Positive lung is urgently needed for a transplant to a patient at a private hospital.

A willing donor should contact 071-2786078.


Y L Athamlebbe dies at 63

Y L Athamlebbe, 63, a father of nine and the father-in-law of M S Jahufar, Public Relation Officer to M S Uthuma Lebbe, Minister of Road Development, Irrigation, Housing and Construction, Rural Electrification and Water Supply for Eastern Province has passed away on October 29 at Addalaichenai.

He was a retired Government Servant who had served in the Department of Education for over 30 years.


Palmyra cultivation drive in Jaffna

Four hundred thousand Palmyra seedlings are to be planted in the Jaffna district next year. Palmyra Development Board president P. Jevaratnam said that the project to plant Palmyra seeds in Jaffna has been a failure, as many seeds did not germinate. "It has been planned to plant Palmyra seedlings instead of seeds." We have collected the seeds and prepared beds for germination and grow them as saplings. It is the saplings that will be planted and nursed. We have planned to plant 400,000 saplings in the district," he said.

 

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