DIMO Batta handed over to Samurdhi beneficiaries
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Samurdhi Authority Director General R G B Tilekesiri, TATA
Commercial Vehicles General Manager Vijitha Bandara, a Samurdhi
recipient, DIMO Chairman Ranjith Pandithage. DIMO Deputy CEO
Gahanath Pandithage, Economic Development Minister Basil
Rajapaksa and Senior Minister A H M Fowzie (extreme right)
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DIMO Batta vehicles were recently handed over to Samurdhi
beneficiaries under the Divi Neguma project. These include recipients of
Samurdhi stamps and also those who have elevated to the next level
through the Samurdhi scheme.
The official handing over ceremony was held recently at the Divi
Neguma Home Based Industrial Exhibition held at Gampaha. It was held
under the patronage of Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa.
There are more than 1.5 million Samurdhi members and an additional
4.5 million indirect beneficiaries. Samurdhi beneficiaries now have
access to owning a DIMO Batta through the 1327 Samurdhi Banks available
islandwide for a down payment of Rs. 100,000.
The Samurdhi Movement, which has the "building of a prosperous Sri
Lanka through a comprehensive development among disadvantaged groups in
the society" as its mission has kept numerous progressive as a pilot
project towards sustainable development.
This programme has become a viable movement which has affected a
comparative revolution in the field of development. Thus it has
contributed to bring in positive changes in the economic and social
levels of low income families. |
