National Safety Day celebrates in Jaffna [December 23 2010]

By Ranil Wijeyapala

The government has decided to celebrate the National Safety Day in Jaffna on December 26. Minister of Disaster Management Mahinda Amaraweera said this would give a strong message to the people in the North that the government was committed to help them at any calamity.

“ This will also mark the liberation of the country from the clutches of the LTTE by the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who united the country under one flag”, he said.

The celebrations will be held at the Weerasingham Hall in Jaffna.