[Kotikawatte - Mulleriyawa PS]

Sumudu Rukshan's vision:

Improvement for common amenities

In an interview with the Sunday Observer Sumudu Rukshan, a young social worker who is contesting the Kotikawatta - Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha election said that his priorities will be to improve the living conditions of the people in the area - upgrading infrastructure facilities such as roads, water and the electricity supplies."We have a programme to develop the resources in the Kotikawatta - Mulleriyawa area under the leadership of Kolonnawa SLFP chief organiser, Duminda Silva.

"Some people prefer traditional medicine to western medicine.

I will improve the Aurvedic medical centres and will endeavour to open new Aurvedic centres in the area. "It is my aim to launch a program to train the youth for vocational skills, so that they could be equipped to seek gainful employment", he said.

Rukshan is the President of the SLFP Youth organisation of the Kotikawatte electorate. - L.S.A.W.