GMOA ruining future of medical students: Kiriella

The future of the medical students are being destroyed by some doctors of the GMOA and some university lecturers, by forcing them to boycott their lectures which is a grave sin, said Minister of Higher Education and Highways, Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella. He further said that they cannot escape from that sin and they have to face it.

The development work of the Hiripitiya, Aluthgama, kalawana road in Hiriyala, Ganewatta Divisional Secretariat in the Kurunagala district commenced yesterday. Addressing a meeting at Hiriyala, Minister Kiriella said a large sum of valuable foreign exchange is being sent to foreign countries by Sri Lankan institutions on foreign education for Sri Lankan students. For example, Rs. 7,000 Billion has been sent to foreign countries by 28 Sri Lankan Institutions last year.

What the present government wants is to save this money and arrange all educational facilities

for our students within Sri Lanka. The Government has already decided to open three indigenous medical colleges in Ratnapura, Moratuwa and in the North Western province.

It was decided to open another three medical colleges within a period of two years.

Free education which was introduced to Sri Lanka by Dr. C.W.W Kannangara under the UNP

administration will be strengthened. The government will do what ever possible for the benefit of Sri Lankan students, Minister Kiriella said.

Explaining the present situation of the Central Expressway Minister Kiriella said that it was a

highly needed long-standing dream of the country people. The Mahinda Rajapaksa government treated the upcountry people in a step motherly fashion and they only did every thing for the Southern province. They introduced Express ways, Airports, Ports and all types of development projects to the Southern Province and as a result of these short sighted policies, the other

provinces, especially the upcountry was neglected and have suffered.

The policy of the present government however, is to develop all parts of the Island and the whole world is willingly to support Sri Lanka for its development projects due to the far-sighted foreign policy of the government.

Further, the minister said that the construction work of the Central Express way had commenced and by the end of 2019, people can reach Kandy within one hour or one and a half hours as a result of the express way.

“The land value of the surrounding areas had increased by 50 to 60 percent. I have no doubt that many foreign tourists will visit Kandy and other sacred cities such as Anuradapura, Polonnaruwa Dabulla, Kurunagal and Sigiriya.

The Central Express way will immensely benefit the Buddhist and other religious devotees so they could reach the sacred Dalada Maligawa in a short time, Minister Luxman Kiriella said.