NWP to restore religious places

S. M. Wijayaratne Kurunegala corr.

The North Western Provincial Council has launched a special program to restore religious places belonging to all faiths. Under its first stage, 33 selected places of worship were provided with monetary assistance last Friday by NWP Chief Minister Athula Wijesinghe at a function held in Kurunegala.

Accordingly, each religious institution received Rs 50,000 and 29 Buddhist temples, a Hindu Kovil, a Catholic church, a Devale, a mosque, received monetary donations covering both Kurunegala and Puttalam Districts of the NWP.

The deserving places of worship for these aid were selected by Provincial Councillors.

Chief Minister Athula Wijesinghe emphasized that this program of restoring places of worship covering all religions in the province would continue in the coming years too.