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NWP roads to be developed

S.M. Wijayaratne - Kurunegala Daily News Corr

The North Western Province Agriculture Ministry has taken steps to renovate roads of rural agricultural regions of the Kurunegala and Puttalam districts.

Accordingly, 250 roads will be restored at a cost of Rs. five million according to the instructions of Provincial Agriculture Minister D.B. Herath.

Many roads are dilapidated and farmers are undergoing much inconvenience in transporting their products to urban markets. More roads will be repaired on shramadana basis too, Herath told the Daily News.

The aim of this project is to provide facilities to the farming community to earn their livelihoods with ease.

ADB funds to renovate roads

Ariyapala Wansathilake - Kurunegala Central Special Corr

The Asian Development Bank has granted Rs 8,000 million for the reconstruction of nearly 250 kilometres of dilapidated rural roads in the Kurunegala and Puttalam districts and work would commence in April, Wayamba Chief Minister Athula Wijesinghe said.

Free spectacle distribution

Distribution of free spectacles among deserving people and indigenous medical clinic ‘Yu Ayu’ organized by the Yep foundation, Ragama will be held at Lude’s reception hall at Mahabage, Ragama tomorrow under the patronage of Social Services Minister Felix Perera.

Adhistana Pooja

An Adhistana Pooja will be held at 7 pm on March 7, Poya Day in all Buddhist temples islandwide to invoke blessings on the country, strengthen the resolve of the nation and to unite all irrespective of differences in the face of various external pressures.

O+ kidney needed

Daya Nandanie Abeywickrama of No 49, Magamure, Kamburupitiya, a mother of four has been diagnosed with end stage renal failure and is in need of an O+ kidney for replant. Donors please contact 041-2294630.

Panel discussion

The Sri Lanka Women’s Conference has organized a panel discussion on Women, Peace and Re-construction to mark the International Women’s Day on March 8 at 10am at the Mallika Niwasa Samithiya, 45, Visakha Road, Bambalapitiya.

Garbage management under Divi Neguma

Priyanka Kurugala

The Economic Development Ministry has drawn up plans to create systematic home gardens countrywide, free from garbage and dengue, Divi Neguma Programme director Jayathilake Herath said.

The ministry plans to introduce garbage management under this programme, he said. "The ministry has directed officers visiting housing units, to discuss owner's problems and obtain their ideas regarding this matter," Herath said.