'Accelerating development, aim of Deyata Kirula'

Tennakoon Kulasekera

The main objective of the Deyata Kirula exhibition is to accelerate development work and bestow a prosperous new Sri Lanka to the nation, said Hambantota District Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa.

He said so when he attended a ceremony held at the Deyata Kirula exhibition grounds to mark the distribution of roofing tiles among low income families on Sunday.

Nearly, 2,500 low income group families in the Anuradhapura West electorate received roofing tiles at this ceremony as part of a programme to provide roofing tiles free of charge to 50,000 families in the region.

Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa said residents in Anuradhapura district underwent untold suffering at the hands of LTTE terrorists during the period of the conflict.

It was to accelerate development work in the Anuradhapura district and bring prosperity to the affected people that President Mahinda Rajapaksa brought the Deyata Kirula exhibition to the Anuradhapura district.

He said the President never allowed differences as to community, caste or creed to obstruct the government development programmes.

He said buildings at the Oyamaduwa Deyata Kirula exhibition grounds would never be neglected after the conclusion of the exhibition as arrangements have been made to transform the exhibition grounds into an employment generation centre for youth.

Among the projects to commence in the venue after the conclusion of the exhibition will be a garment factory, vocational training centres and technical colleges for imparting new technology to youth.

Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S M Chandrasena NCP Chief Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake and Irrigation and Water Management Deputy Minister W B Ekanayake also spoke.

Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister and President, Deyata Kirula exhibition committee Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, Deputy Minister Duminda Dissanayake, Parliamentarian Shehan Semasinghe and Anuradhapura GA Mahinda Seneviratne were also present.