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President declared open 7th Deyata Kirula Exhibition- 23 March 2013

Monday, 25 March 2013 15:40 | | |

His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open the Dayata Kirula National Development Exhibition 2013 at Ampara Hardy Advanced Technical College premises on 23rd March 2013. Deyata Kirula is considered that the Sri Lanka's biggest public exhibition and is being held in rural areas to develop these areas. The exhibition brings massive infrastructure development, especially roads and public facilities to the area slated to hold the Deyata Kirula exhibition.
Deyata Kirula is not merely an exhibition or display, but an occasion that brings massive overall development to rural areas of the country as part of the national development drive, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.
President Rajapaksa was addressing the opening ceremony of the 7th Deyata Kirula National Development Exhibition at Ampara Hardy Higher Technology Institute on Saturday.
The President said the government has taken measures to develop the country by developing the village.
“In line with the Mahinda Chinthana policy statement of the government, special attention has been paid to develop the country, allocating around Rs 60,000 million annually from the budget. The Deyata Kirula exhibition is being held annually to bring rapid development to the country,” he said. The President said all should experience development.
“That is why it was brought to Ampara bringing all communities together,” he said noting that not only Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim communities, but other communities such as the Adi Vasis also live in the region in a friendly manner.
The exhibition gives an idea of development to the children to accept the responsibility of the future since there is no peace without development and no development without peace, the President said. Apart from infrastructure development that comes with Deyata Kirula , all other sectors including health, education, transportation, farming, living standards and many more are developed parallel to the exhibition,
The exhibition is organized for 7th consecutive year. This time it is hosted at Ampara Hardy Advanced Technical Institute.
The public has the opportunity to visit over 200 stalls at the exhibition grounds, showcasing progress by government departments, corporations and private sector organizations. The exhibition covers an area in extent of 200 acres with all facilities provided for those visiting and working in the exhibition grounds. There are about 400 exhibition stalls maintained by the state and private sector.
Governor of Northern Province GA Chandrasiri visited Northern Province section and declared open the stalls. Mrs.G N Chandrasiri also participated at this event.
This year Northern Province has scheduled to display the development activities undertaken thorough out the province.
Background
Meanwhile, President Mahinda Rajapaksa handed over 30 ambulances to state hospitals in the Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara districts on 23rd March , the opening day of Deyata Kirula 2013 National Development Exhibition, a Health Ministry spokesman said.
He said the state hospital network at present needs 400 new ambulances at present. The Health Ministry has already made arrangements to meet this requirement, under the directions of Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena.
“At the moment 374 new ambulances are ready for distribution. The Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) has provided 124 ambulances while the Government will supply the rest. The ambulances will be allocated among state hospitals countrywide,” he said.
The Media and Information Ministry spent Rs 8 million to uplift Ampara Bandaraduwa Maha Vidyalaya which lacked facilities in line with the Deyata Kirula - 2013 national exhibition.
The school’s newly built building will be vested in the students on Sunday. President Mahinda Rajapaksa advised ministries and institutions to launch at least one public welfare project in the Ampara district in line with the Deyata Kirula exhibition. The Media and Information Ministry decided to develop Ampara Bandaraduwa Maha Vidyalaya under the guidance of Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and the direction of ministry Secretary Dr Charitha Herath.
Work on the new building commenced on January 5. Work was completed with the dedication of officials of the Media and Information Ministry and affiliated institutions in the government and private sectors.

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