The Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and the Civil Security Department constructed the “Diyatha Uyana” Walking Path and 84 exotic flower shops at Diyawanna Lake, Battaramulla, under the guidance of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Secretary, Ministry of Defence and Urban Development. Here Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa commissions the complex last evening with the participation of Ministers Susil Premajayantha, A. H. M. Fowzie, Gamini Lokuge, Mayor of Kaduwela G. H. Buddhadasa and parliamentarians. Pic: Susantha Wijayagunasekera

The Wilbagedara-Aluthwanguwa road in the Panduwasnuwara electorate in the Kurunegala district was selected for restoration at a cost of Rs. two million rupees under the national program of “One Work to One Village”. The ceremony was presided over by Indika Bandaranayake, Deputy Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government who is also the Chief SLFP Organiser for Panduwasnuwara. Here the Deputy Minister unveils the name board. Pic: S. M. Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Cor.

The Quality Control Unit (QCU) to protect the hygiene and freshness of fish, set up at the Peliyagoda Fish Market by the National Aquatic Resources Development Agency (NARA), was opened by Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne recently. QCU Chief Lecturer K.W. Sujiwa explains the process to the Minister while NARA Chairman Dr. S.G. Samarasundere, Fisheries Corporation Chairman Mahil Senaratne and Ministry Advisor, Dr. S. Subasinghe look on.

The commemorative ceremony of former Thinakaran Chief Editor, the late Kalasoori R. Sivagurunathan was held at the Wellawatta, Colombo Tamil Sangam Hall recently. Here Mrs. Sivagurunathan garlands the portrait of late Sivagurunathan before the commencement of the ceremony. Thinakaran, Varamanjari Chief Editor T. Senthilvelavar and ITN Director Board member Hashim Omar look on. Pic: A. Maduraveeran, Colombo North Gr. Cor.

District Secretary, Badulla, Rohana K. Dissanayaka opened the Inga-Lisa Vocational Training Centre for Youth, at Guruthalawa, Welimada recently. The centre, named after Mrs. Inga-Lisa, a Swede national, who turned 83 on that day, had settled down at Guruthalawa and during the past 50 years had helped poor peasants, needy students, patients and the differently abled in the Uva Province.