Sunday Sep 27, 2009
Over one-hundred heavy vehicles worth Rs. 2,353 million were presented to the Sri Lanka Army for development activities currently under way in the Northern Province.

The vehicles purchased from China, include 22 bulldozers, 37 motor graders, nine rollers, 14 excavators and 19 wheel loaders.

The new vehicles will be used mainly for road development and to repair irrigation systems in the North.

Chairman of the Presidential Task Force for Northern Development, Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa MP, presented the vehicles to the Army Commander, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya at a special event yesterday at the Galle Face Green.

Chairman Basil Rajapaksa said the development and resettlement programs in the North is the Government’s highest priority.

“Thus it is important to expedite the development activities taking place in the North,” he said. Chinese Ambassador Yang Xiuping, Secretary to the Ministry of Nation Building W.K.K. Kumarasiri, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, U.A. Wickramasinghe and Chief Field Engineer of the Engineering Corps Major General Deepal Alwis were also present.

Source: SUNDAY OBSERVER
Author: Dhaneshi YATAWARA