Last modified on: 4/2/2010 11:33:34 AM Good tidings for Jaffna
President Mahinda Rajapaksa waves to the large crowd at a rally held at the Duraiappah Stadium in Jaffna. Minister Douglas Devananda was also present.
Picture By Sudath Malaweera.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to Jaffna yesterday has brought good tidings to the people.
President Rajapaksa said the people in the Jaffna Peninsula will be provided water for drinking and agriculture by bringing water from Iranamadu Tank to the Jaffna Peninsula. The President was speaking at a massive rally held at the Duraiappah Stadium in Jaffna yesterday in support of UPFA candidates at the forthcoming General election.
He said the construction of a canal from the Iranamadu Tank to the Jaffna peninsula has been planned to give impetus to agriculture in the district. Nearly 700 new houses will be completed and distributed among the people before the end of this month.
The Jaffna University has been brought under a comprehensive development plan and an Engineering Faculty will be established in the university.
"The Government has focused special attention on the education of schoolchildren and a number of viable programs are being implemented for their benefit," he said. Over 164 LTTE combatants who were rehabilitated by the Government were handed over to their parents and guardians.
Out of them 148 would enter the Jaffna University soon. A student hostel for them at Kaithady is also nearing completion.
The rehabilitated youth will be provided IT training at the Pambemadu Computer Laboratory that was opened yesterday.
He said the UNP should be responsible for depriving the educational rights of the younger generation by burning Asia's biggest library located in the heart of Jaffna city. The President said a number of programs have already been planned for the uplift of living standard of the people in the Northern province under the Uthuru Vasanthaya program.
The Government will restore what the people in the Jaffna district lost for the past 30 years due to the terrorism, he added.
He said all communities irrespective of their place of origin in Sri Lanka are treated equally by the Government.
Courtesy : Daily News
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