Modern building for Udagama School
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The new school building of Udagama Vidyalaya, Kottagoda
Hali-Ela built at a cost of Rs 40 million by the Korean
‘Blessing Flow World’ organisation. |
The students of Udagama Vidyalaya in Kottagoda, Hali-Ela who had to
vacate their two school buildings due to a major landslide in February
last year and shift into the preaching hall (Bana Maduwa) of the
Galgepitiya Purana Raja Maha Viharaya as a temporary measure will move
into a modern two storeyed classroom building on July 12 due to the
efforts made by Foreign Employment and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera.
Minister Perera who visited the school after the landslide promised
to relocate the school on a firm location free of landslide threats.
He arranged with a Korean organization named 'Blessing Flow World' (BFW)
to provide the school with a new building on a plot of land donated by
Kamalawathie Jayatilleke of Udagama Kottagoda. BFW sponsored the new
school building project at a cost of Rs 40 million and construction was
done with the assistance of the parents under the supervision of
technologists with the approval of the Geological Survey and Mines
Bureau. The new school building will be opened by First Lady Shiranthi
Rajapaksa on July 12 on the invitation of Minister Dilan Perera. |
