The construction of the new entrance wall of Menik River at the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devala commenced under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last Saturday (01).
President Rajapksa, Ministers Chamal Rajapaksa and Mahinda Amaraweera, State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa and Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devala Basnayake Nilame Dishan Gunasekara laid the foundation stones.
The Environment Ministry donated a tractor and an electric vehicle to the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devala under the ‘Surakimu Ganga’ project.
The vehicles were handed over by the President to Basnayake Nilame Dishan Gunasekara.
These will be used to collect garbage and solid waste from the Menik River and use it as a an eco- friendly model project.
Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, Environment Ministry Secretary Dr. Anil Jasinghe and Central Environmental Authority Director General Hemantha Jayasinghe were present.
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