President Sirisena orders reinstalling of removed Iranamadu Tank plaque

The plaque which acknowledged the contributions of late Prime Minister, D.S. Senanayake, and the then Agriculture Minister Dudley Senanayake, during the opening of the renovated Iranamadu Tank in 1954,  which was completely removed and replaced with a plaque bearing the name of President Maithripala Sirisena, has been put back since last night.

The tank was recently reconstructed under a project launched by the National Water Supply and Drainage Board along with the Asian Development Bank and was re-opened by President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday. 

 During reconstruction, the old plaque was completely destroyed and taken away to make room for a new plaque indicating President Maithripala’s Sirisena’s presence at the event on Friday.

However, it is reported that the plaque has now been re-installed in close proximity to the road leading towards the Iranamadu Reservoir.

This was following instructions given by President Sirisena to Northern Province Governor Reginald Cooray.

The Sunday Times in its Sunday print edition carried the story of the removed plaque. Read the story here