Three pasting ‘anti-corruption’ posters arrested

Three members of the ‘Voice Against Corruption’ (VAC) organization, who were putting up posters of the organization, have been arrested by Modara Police.

The three members, Nadarajah, Lakshman and Asela were arrested while they were pasting posters in Modara area.

The posters had the question “Where’s gold, money & ships seized from the LTTE” in Sinhalese and Tamil.

Expenditure from the state revenue, to compensate loss occurred from electricity production, Minister of Power and Energy said.

A situation has arisen to compensate the loss occurred from the electricity production to exhaust a large amount from the state revenue was said by Minister of Power and Energy Mrs.Pavithra Wanniarachchi.

Under the Thermal Power station constructed at Nooraicholai, to distribute electricity to Anuradhapura district, electricity posts will get erected and electricity wires would be connected through Putalam.

Minister made this statement at a meeting arranged to explore the crisis faced by the fishermen.

Approximately 23 rupees and 50 cents is the expenditure for the electricity production for one unit. However ten million consumers are incurred three rupees for one unit.

There is reasonable to the protest carried out by the Puttalam fishermen that electricity distributions are supplied for outside districts from the Nooraicholai Thermal Power station.

However, we are attempting to use alternative ways. But it is not possible. The alternative ways which we identified will pave way for other crisis.

Hence considering the welfare of the country, we are compelled to give our coordination to this project.

Concerning this, if surveyed and if the problems faced are in detail identified, and a report is submitted to me, I could make arrangements to allocate the necessary financial allotments was mentioned by her.

Wednesday , 27 February 2013

Grama Seva officer attacked - Villagers stage protest

[ Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 01:54.25 PM GMT +05:30 ]

Villagers of the Ariyalai East stage protest on demanding to arrest suspects carried out brutal attack on S.Vijithan Grama Seva officer (Village officer) of the J/90 division.

End of the protest protesters handed over special petition to Nallur divisional secretariat. This grama seva official continuously raised voice against illegal sand digging process carried out by the Lankan army in the Ariyalai East area.