Record 2.4m visitors at Deyata Kirula exhibition
Dharma SRI ABEYRATNE at the Deyata Kirula
Anuradhapura
The visitor turnout exceeded 2.4 million by yesterday afternoon
setting a record at the Deyata Kirula exhibition, the Deyata Kirula
exhibition organizing committee said.
Over two million people visited the fifth Deyata Kirula exhibition
held at Buttala last year which is the largest crowd recorded at a
Deyata Kirula exhibition so far, the exhibition organizing committee
said .
Thousands of people have thronged the sixth Deyata Kirula national
development exhibition from all parts of the country.
The entire 500 acre exhibition site is filled with visitors. It has
been noted that a significant number of visitors from the North and the
East are also patronising the with the dawn of peace in the country.
School children were grateful for being given such an opportunity to
visit the Deyata Kirula exhibition.
According to Deyata Kirula exhibition committee secretary Udaya
Seneviratne, it is expected that the visitor turn out would exceed three
million by the end of the exhibition,by setting a record for the largest
ever crowd.
All stalls of the exhibition were filled with visitors of all age
groups and the Lake House stall which symbolizes the Lake House main
building in Colombo at the media zone is no exception It is significant
that the visitors to the Lake House stall can get a firm idea about the
expansion and development of the print media sector.
A printing machine, which had been used for printing Lake House
newspapers in the past is also on display at the Lake House stall. The
first pages of the very first Daily News, Dinamina, Sunday Observer and
Silumina newspapers are issued free to visitors at the Lake House stall.
These pages are printed at the Lake House stall by the old printing
machine.
"The exhibition is the biggest Deyata Kirula exhibition to be
conducted so far. Among the daily features are daily parachute displays
by the Armed Forces.
Navy motor cyclists stage a special show daily. Besides, cultural
shows including Angampora Satan (traditional martial arts), musical
shows many other events take place daily" Seneviratne said.
Sports competitions have also been organized. All ministries and
private sector organizations have established hundreds of stalls
throughout the exhibition site. Admission is free for school children
and teachers while others have to purchase a Rs.20 development lottery
ticket.
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