Rathupaswala incident: victims given compensation

An event to distribution of compensation to 33  victims of the Rathupaswala incident held at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday and it was presided over  by the Secretary to the President P.B. Abeykoon.

Accordingly, 4.68 million rupees were given as compensation to 24 persons, who are fully disabled or partially disabled or who are admitted to hospitals for treatment in the Gampaha Divisional Secretariat and 9 persons belongs to the Mahara Divisional Secretariat.

During the last few weeks the President paid special attention on providing the justice to those who got injured in the incident in Rathupaswala. A committee headed by Secretary of Gampaha District was appointed to provide recommendations. These compensations were given according to the recommendations made by that committee.

President Maithripala Sirisena engaged in a cordial and friendly discussion with the recipient of compensations and he promised to visit the Rathupaswala area in the near future to meet with the victims.

Chief Minister of the Western Province, Isura Devapriya, State Minister, Sudarshini Fernandopulle, Ajith Mannapperuma, MP and others participated in the event.