CSF deployed for national projects too

by L. S. Ananda WEDAARACHCHI

A forty-one-thousand-five-hundred strong Civil Security Force - (CSF) will be deployed for development and construction in addition to national security, said Civil Security Director General Rear Admiral Sarath P. Weerasekera. The Nation Building Ministry had assigned several development projects to the Civil Security Department during the past few months.

Construction work on the 13 kilometre, Kabithigollawa - Padaviya road was one of the projects completed by the CSD recently, saving Rs. 48 million for the Government. The renovation of the Avukana archaeological site is another project launched by the CSF, an overall saving of Rs. 7 million for the Government.

Among the other projects undertaken by the CSF are the 2,300 year-old Asana Garaya at Hallmillevatiye, Kabithigollawa, the Ritigala archaeological site renovation and wild life conservation activities.

Apart from the construction projects the CSF is running agricultural farms in Walioya, Ampara, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Kantale and Serunuwara. Weerasekera said that the CSF is engaged in brick manufacturing and small scale steel-based industries in Welioya, Ampara and Kantale. "The country needs large scale human resource inputs for the success of the North-East and South development projects.

The CSF is happy that it has a well-disciplined and efficient young workforce, Weerasekera said.