Defence Secy assures help to beautify Batticaloa

Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa lighting the traditional oil lamp at the meeting. Picture by Sivam Packiyanathan

Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa assured all assistance to beautify the Batticaloa town. He said Batticaloa is a good destination for local and foreign visitors. The town should be well maintained to attract outsiders.

The Defence Secretary was addressing a meeting in the Batticaloa Municipality Auditorium on Tuesday.

Historic sites in the district have to be preserved and the UDA will assist in this regard, he said.

The ministry has spent for the development of the Batticaloa District. Some programmes have been completed and some other are in progress.

Petroleum Industries Minister and UPFA General Secretary Susil Premajayantha, Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Deputy Resettlement Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, Child Development and Women's Affairs Deputy Minister M L A M Hizbullah, Batticaloa Government Agent P. S. M. Charls and Mayor Sivageetha Prabagaran also participated.