Wednesday Aug 20, 2008
Over 600 UNPers and about 50 JVPers in Eheliyagoda, Ratnapura, Rakwana and Balangoda electorates defected to the UPFA and obtained SLFP membership from Power and Energy Minister, W.D.J. Seneviratne recently.

They said they wanted to contribute their mite to the rapid development programmes initiated by the Government and to President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s valiant efforts to wipe-out the northern terrorism that they crossed over to the UPFA.

On the initiative of Minister W.D.J. Seneviratne, a number of infrastructure development projects in Rakwana, Eheliyagoda, Ratnapura and Balangoda electorates were commissioned.

The Minister who commenced the work of Rakwana Yatipasgamuwa electricity scheme (Rs. 11.7 million), Hatangala electricity scheme (Rs. 12 million) and Mudunkotuwa electricity scheme (Rs. 12.5 million).

Under “Electricity for All” programme, a sum of Rs. 8,500 million is spent for supply of electricity to each village in Hambantota and Ratnapura districts. The programme will be extended to Kegalle, Moneragala, Kandy, Matale, Badulla, Trincomalee, Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa districts in due course.

Source: DAILY NEWS