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4 Thursday 13th May, 2010 The Island More News Page Four Rs 20 mn. for low-income Colombo residents missing family houses in Sab. BY J. ANTONY, launched by Sabaragamuwa group families will receive Rs. RATNAPURA CORR. Chief Minister Maheepala 10,000. Herath. This payment is a grant and Siyambu Nadar Ketheeswaran he Sabaragamuwa Rs. 29 million was released not a loan, he said. and Siyambu Kanapathy Nadar of Provincial Council has for the same purpose in 2009 Officials say 540 families 328/9, Aluth Mawatha Road, Tallocated Rs. 20 million to and Rs. 20 million was allocat- from Ratnapura district and Colombo 15, are missing since ease the housing problems ed this year, the Chief Minister 410 from Kegalle district have January 10, 2010. Siyambu Nadar is faced by low-income families, said. been selected to receive the 29 years old and 5’ 9” while including those families receiv- He issued cheques to 61 fam- housing assistance. Siyambu Ketheeswaran is 35 years ing government assistance. ilies selected last year. The Sabaragamuwa sold and 5’ ’6” in height. Around 950 families have Families receiving govern- Development Bank will grant For any information about been selected to receive assis- ment grants would be paid Rs. loans from Rs. 50,000 to them, please contact 077- tance. 20,000. Rs100,000 to low-income fami- 5822576/011-4870548 or Police This programme was Samurdhi and low-income lies at five percent interest. Headquarters on 2421111. AGM Principal allowed bail The 37th Annual General Meeting BY LALAJI MANAWADU The principal said he pun- of the General Post Office Welfare Ambalangoda: A principal ished the girls for misbehav- Association will be held at the GPO arrested for allegedly caning iour with the sole aim of cor- Colombo on Saturday 15th May, 2010 at two girls studying at school, recting them and to enforce 3.00 p.m. has been released on bail by a discipline at the school. court in Balapitiya. The attorney-at-law, who The Meetiyagoda police appeared for the principal, produced him before the said it was necessary to pun- Magistrate, Ms. N. I. ish errant students. But princi- Sabaragamuwa Abeygunasekera. pals and teachers faced the to set up milk Y. S. Kahingala is the prin- risk of being brought to court cipal of Batapola MMV in the as offenders in the process of sales centres Ambalangoda education zone. enforcing discipline. The court released While SI Siri Kumara of BY J. ANTONY, Kahingala on cash bail of Rs. the Meetiyagoda police prose- RATNAPURA CORR. Sabaragamuwa Chief Minister 5,000 and personal bail of Rs. cuted, attorneys-at-law M. W. Maheepala Herath unveiled plans 50,000 and postponed the case. Aruna Pradeep, Sasanka to set up 2,000 ‘dairy villages’ in Police submitted a report Jayasekera, Sumith the Ratnapura and Kegalle dis- by a government medical offi- Dhammika and N. Mendis tricts this year. cer, who had examined the appeared for the defence. He made the announcement at a girls, to the court. ceremony to mark the opening of the fourth milk centre at Welimannathota, Kegalle. The Provincial Council launched the project in collabora- Family trip ends in tragedy tion with the Department of Animal Production and Health and BY LALAJI MANAWADU water. the Kegalle Multipurpose Co-opera- A person immediately tive Union. Ambalangoda: A 46- jumped into the sea and The chief minister said such milk sales centres will be opened year-old father of four chil- brought his father ashore. in towns and villages. dren drowned in the He was in an unconscious He said steps had been taken on Former Speaker W. J. M. Lokubandara assumes duties as Governor of the Sabaragamuwa Province Akurala sea. state. the advice of the President The victim was identified They immediately took (May 7). Ministers W. D. J. Seneviratne, Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Susantha Punchinilame, Chief Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to raise milk as Samanthuwawasam him to the Balapitiya hospi- Maheepala Herath and several parliamentarians and Provincial Council members, government officials production to cater to the needs of Hiran Bandulal tal where he was pro- and members of the Sangha were present.( Photo J. A. Anthony people. Thilakaratne of nounced dead. He on his part would create 2,000 milk farm villages in the Galadukanda, Katandola The victim’s wife, province and the presidential sec- Talgaspe. Liyanage Soma Jayasinghe retariat would monitor them. His son Dinesh Kumara (44), also testified. An officer from the Department Thilakaratne (23), told the The Watugedera Inquirer Help find this child of Animal Health said areas such inquest that they visited his into Sudden Deaths, M. as Rambukkana, Mawanella, uncle in Arawwela, Karunasena, held the The police are seek- entrance to their house Kegalle and Rakwana are ideal Karandeniya and travelled inquiry at the hospital. ing public assistance at Palliyawatte, places for cattle farming. Research had proved that the after lunch to Akurala in a Dr.Mrs.D.S.Jagoda locate Sithum Sathsara Elakanda. milk produced in Sabaragamuwa lorry for a sea bath. (Balapitiya JMO) conducted Perera, aged one year Any information was better in quality than those He said the group com- the post mortem and report- and seven months, regarding the missing produced elsewhere. prised 15 relatives. ed that death was due to missing since May 4. child can be given to Parliamentarians Kanaka There were many people drowning. His family says the family and relatives on Herath, Prof. Jagath Balasuriya, on the beach. Someone sud- PC Salpage of the child disappeared in 0728108625, 0723786005, PS member Gaman Pathirana and UC member Rasika Perera also denly alerted him that his Ambalangoda police led evi- the evening. He was 0785847532 or participated in the event. father was struggling in the dence. last seen at the 0785567441 Missing child with his grandmother Free distribution of Spraying kerosene on vegetables? BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE Municipal employees had sprayed allegation. Kandy - Some vendors of the kerosene on vegetables displayed The Council recently banned hearing aids by Widex Kandy Central Market premises for sale. traders from selling items from alleged on Monday (10), that But the Council refuted the illegal stalls. dren born is deaf and one out of ten chil- dren starts school with hearing loss. Hearing loss in a child affects his lan- Two killed as boulder crashes into house guage and social TEXT AND PHOTOS BY J. development. On that fateful night, she said land was distributed to them in ANTONY, RATNAPURA CORR. The programme there was heavy rain accompa- 1947. Such a catastrophe never was also well attended A 72-year-old mother is still in nied with thunder, lightning and occurred in the past 50 years, he by teachers and hear- shock after a large boulder strong winds. Falling trees dam- added. ing impaired chil- crashed on to her house recently, aged electric and telephone posts, Justice Minister Athauda dren. killing her son and son-in-law. plunging the whole village in Seneviratne, Economic The aim of the Gamaralalage Ranmenike, of darkness. Development Deputy Minister programme was to Dehigahawadiya village, An earthslip with a large boul- Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, Y. G. create mass aware- Mahakande, Gonagaldeniya, in der crashed on to Ranmenike’s Padmasiri MP, Provincial ness about the causes the Ruwanwella electorate, house reducing it to rubble. The Councillors Dr. Thusitha and remedies of hear- escaped with minor injuries. villagers, braving the incessant Wijeyamane, Dr. Parakrama ing impairment or Ranmenike said: “It was rain- rain, dug out the earth and recov- Athauda and the Ruwanwella hearing loss in chil- ing very heavily on the night of ered the bodies. Divisional Secretary visited the dren and dispel the Friday April 30. The time was According to a villager, this scene. Widex India Managing Director T. S. Anand hands over a box containing hear- myths, misconcep- 8.30p.m. ing aids. tions and apprehen- “My son Gamaralalage Sunil sions about same. Jayasinghe (43) and his son-in-law Widex Denmark, in associa- impaired children. While the Lankan govern- Lunugama Gamaralalage tion with their sole agent in Sri Addressing the event, Widex ment gives due importance to Susantha Pushpakumara (24) Lanka M/s D S Jayasinghe India managing director T S the problem, Widex has joined were repairing the leaking roof in Optician (Pvt) Ltd, recently dis- Anand said Widex was planning hands with their Sri Lankan the rear portion of the house. I tributed free hearing aids val- to increase its market share and agent and launched an aware- was at the portico. ued at Rs. 8 million to the set up a world-class Dispensing ness campaign to focus on the “I suddenly heard a crashing inmates of the Centre for and Service Centre in Colombo prevention and early diagnosis sound and saw my house crum- Education of Hearing Impaired in collaboration with their agent of deafness. pling down. I ran outside and Children (CEHIC) in Kelaniya. D. S. Jayasinghe Opticians. Prof. Sarath Amunugame, escaped with minor injuries. This initiative, which also This centre could provide Vice Chancellor - University of Thereafter I lost consciousness marked the World Health Day, is customised and personalised Kelaniya and Chairman of the and did not know what happened a part of Widex’s philanthropic services to Sri Lankan people Board of Trustees, was one of to my son and his son-in-law. I programme of distributing free along with the present service. the elite guests at this event for was admitted to the hospital hearing aids to the hearing One out of thousand chil- a social cause. later.” The damaged house.