‘Development activities must not cease with change of ministers’
President at N ‘Eliya DDC meeting :
Dharma Sri Abeyratne in Nuwara Eliya
“The development activities already on track will never be stopped or
cancelled with the change of ministers, President Mahinda Rajapaksa
said. “Even with the change of portfolios or a changing of government,
the planned development activities should continue as scheduled and
those development activities should not be affected, “ the President
said.
President Rajapaksa was addressing the Nuwara Eliya District Special
Development Committee meeting at the Nuwara Eliya District Secretariat
yesterday.
The District Secretary presented the Nuwara Eliya district progress
report to the President.
Noting that the playground development activities in Nuwara Eliya
commenced by former Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge was now at a
standstill , the President instructed the relevant officials to complete
the construction as planned. During the discussion the district
secretary pointed out that there is a scarcity of technical officers in
the district. the President ordered that graduates recruited recently be
trained for the task.
President Rajapaksa further said the money deposited in the Samurdhi
Banks should only be invested in government institutions.
“Public servants are duty bound to take prompt action to resolve
issues in their respective fields. They must not allow things to drag on
so that the subject will surface over and over again,” he said.
“Government officials are entrusted with the responsibility to assist
the public in obtaining redress to their problems, while performing an
exemplary role in the service of the state, the President said.
President Rajapaksa instructed officials to take measures to solve
problems in the Nuwara Eliya district focusing their attention on the
burning problems, such as, teacher shortage, drinking water, issues
relating to farming, animal husbandry, health needs, irrigation, urban
development, road construction etc.
The President also instructed officials to try and wean the estate
community from eating wheat based products and instil in them the rice
eating habit.
He advised officials to maintain the quality of development
activities especially where road construction activities were concerned
since it was found that certain roads constructed were damaged within a
short period.
The officials were instructed to closely monitor the development
activities while following approved quality standards.Special attention
was drawn to provide infrastructure facilities for the benefit of
visitors to Nuwara Eliya.
President Rajapaksa said it is the responsibility of politicians and
state officials to make best use of public funds for the numerous
development activities.
Accordingly, every official is duty bound to make his utmost
contribution to society and the country.
He stressed that the role of a politician should be exemplary to
society. |