Jaffna Students Enjoy Four-Day Trip to Up Country

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Jaffna Students Enjoy Four-Day Trip to Up Country
524 Brigade of Security Forces Jaffna arranged four day tour to the students and teachers of four Tamil schools in Point Pedro recently.
The trip named 'Thal Aranen Kadukarayata'consisted of 77 students and 10 teachers from Hartly College, Methodist College, Ponnambalam College and Vigneswara College with some of their parents. During the first two days of the trip the group enjoyed by visiting Tooth Relic Temple, Peradeniya Botanical garden, Peradeniya University, Kothmale reservoir and Labukalle Tea Factory in Kandy District.
Last two days they visited Nuwara Eliya Seethai Amman Kovil, Hakgala flower Garden, New Zealand Farm, Victoria Park and some other beautiful and important places in Nuwara Eliya District.
Dstrict secretariats in both districts arranged food and their accommodation facilities with the help of 2nd Battalion Sri Lanka Rifle Corps , Trade Union and SSP office in the area and students of Nuwara Eliya District arranged a colourful cultural show for the enjoyment of their brother students in Northern Province.
After getting the valuable parcels of school items given by the District Secretariat of Nuwara Eliya on their return journey they worshipped the famous Rangiri Dambulu Temple