President Maithripala Sirisena instructed relevant officials to expedite the future activities of the Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project while giving priority to the maintenance of day to day activities of the public without any hindrance.
President gave these directions during a progress review meeting of the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, held at the Ministry of Mahaweli auditorium, yesterday, according to Presidential Secretariat.
Further analysis was done regarding the 2017 progress report and 2018 future plans of Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment.
Progress of the institutions come under the ministry, Mahaweli projects and environmental projects conducted under foreign funds and progress of profit making by the institutes under the ministry were examined in this meeting. Progress of implementation of the National Environmental Policy was also discussed at this event.
President instructed the Secretary of the Ministry to appoint a committee to look into the issues that can be faced when unexpected droughts prevail and make adequate plans in the agricultural and food crop sectors to face such situations.
Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment, Anuradha Jayaratne, Secretary to the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, Anura Dissanayake, Director General of Mahaweli Authority, General Gotabhaya Jayarathna, and senior officers of the Ministry attended this meeting.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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