President presides over Deyata Kirula review meeting
President Mahinda Rajapaksa presided over a progress review meeting
of construction work relating to the 2012 Deyata Kirula Development
Exhibition at Temple Trees yesterday.
At this meeting the members of the Deyata Kirula Organising Committee
briefed the President about the progress of permanent building
construction work at the exhibition grounds as well as the progress of
other development work completed in the highways, irrigation, drinking
water supply, housing development, electricity supply and
telecommunication sectors and the progress in school development work
undertaken to coincide with the exhibition, said a press release by the
President’s Media Division.
The release added that the President directed officials to provide
all facilities to people in the region through the development work
undertaken in Anuradhapura district concurrent to the exhibition and to
take steps to develop selected places of worship in difficult areas in
the district.
The first ticket of the Deyata Kirula development instant lottery
ticket and the admission ticket to the Deyata Kirula Exhibition was
presented to the President by chairman of the Development Lottery
Chandrawansa Pathiraja.
It was pointed out that most buildings built for the Deyata Kirula
Exhibition are permanent buildings which will be used to house
government departments and offices after the conclusion of the
exhibition. The committee also pointed out that steps have already been
taken to solve the drinking water supply problem of residents in
Oyamaduwa concurrent to the Deyata Kirula exhibition. Telecommunication
and Information Technology Minister Ranjith Siyamblapitiya, secretary to
the President Lalith Weeratunge, Mass Media and Information Ministry
Secretary W B Ganegala and officials of the Deyata Kirula Exhibition
Organizing Committee participated in the meeting. |