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Rs. 100 Mn Allocated to Buy Furniture For 2 Friday 23rd December, 2011 The Island Home News Sixteen remanded over Rs. 100 mn allocated to Mulleriyawa shootout Sixteen suspects, who are in custody Shibly Mohammed Saffras, Rohana over the shootout at Mulleriyawa on Marasinghe, Nagoda Liyanarachchige October 08, the last local government Shamindra, and Rajapurage Gamini. election day, were yesterday ordered to When the case was taken up before buy furniture for CMC be remanded, till January 03, by the additional Magistrate, Anura Colombo Additional Magistrate Thushara de Mel was produced from “I would like to invite pri- employment problems within BY PABODHA HETTIGE AND MAHEESHA MUDUGAMUWA vate sector establishments and the municipality. “Due to the Prasanna Alwis. remand by prison officers, while the non-governmental organiza- growing drug problem in the The suspects remanded after being other suspects were produced by the The budget of the Colombo and Rs. 48 million to provide tions to involve in the city city the employers are reluc- arrested on the basis of investigations CID. Municipal Council (CMC) was garbage bins, a large sum of development process, as it is tant to employ municipality carried out by the Criminal The CID informed Court that second presented yesterday (22) by money for garbage transport not possible to depend merely residents, strict measures Investigations Department are to tenth suspects would be produced Mayor Mohamed Muzammil. and maintenance of disposal on revenue derived by the should be taken to curb the Vitanalage Anura Thushara de Mel, before an identification parade to be Muzzamil said, in his budg- machines,” he said. council. Many foreign mis- drug menace from the city,” he Hettikankanamlage Chandana Jagath attended by nine witnesses. The report et speech, that the CMC’s He pointed out that the sions had already said. expected expenditure for 2012 CMC plans to convert Kumara, Sirinayake Pathiranage submitted by the Government Analyst expressed their willing- He also said that the CMC Chaminda Ravi Jayanath, on the weapons and bullets recovered was Rs. 7, 750.8 million and the the City into one that ness to extend their should initiate a special plan Council would earn a total esti- would be free of envi- Kodippiliarachchilage Lanka Rasanjana, after the shooting had led to the arrest of support to city devel- to enhance the education sec- Wijesuriya Arachchilage Malaka members of the Ministerial Security mated revenue of Rs 7, 751.3 ronmental pollution opment,” he said. tor. Sameera, Vidana Gamage Amila, Division Rohana Marasinghe, Nagoda million from capital receipts, and traffic conges- The Mayor also Meanwhile, the opposition rates and taxes and many other tion. said that CMC had municipal council member Kowillegedera Dissanayake Liyanarachchige Shamindra and sources to develop the city. Around Rs. 500 taken steps to trans- Ramsey Tony alleged that the Mudiyanselage Sarath Bandara, Rajapurage Gamini on Wednesday He said he would prepare a million had been allo- form Colombo into a previously sought views of the Morawaka Dewage Suranga Premalal, December 21 corporate action plan for the cated to implement a metropolis under the opposition council members Chaminda Saman Kumara, Manjula All suspects were arrested on the next four years and an annual housing project for Purawara Dekma policy had not been included in the Prasad Hettiarachchi, Arambawalage basis of evidence that they were action plan to proceed with the slum dwellers in the city. manifesto by fulfilling the budget draft. He also alleged Don Koshan Dananjaya, Madusanka involved in the killing of an individual development work. A large Nearly Rs. 106 million to expectations of the citizens. that only Rs. 106 million had Silva, Hemaratnage Charindu Asanka, and seriously wounding of another. amount of money had been improve conditions of low He also appealed the coun- been allocated for the council allocated for road construction income housing complexes. cil members to work in unison members, while Rs. 100 mil- and maintenance and for solid He added that CMC had to achieve the expected tar- lion had been allocated to pur- waste management, the Mayor increased the allocations to gets. chase furniture for the CMC. Pett ah Manning Market to said. the Public Assistance Leader of the opposition “The total allocation for the “CMC had taken steps to Department to improve the liv- Milinda Moragoda said that members from the total esti- allocate funds from the budget ing standards of people who the new mayor should pay mated expenditure was only move to Peliyagoda to purchase garbage trucks, live below poverty line. attention to the existing 1.3 per cent,” he said. BY ZACKI JABBAR grounds and refurbishment of the Pettah Central Super Market, have also The Pettah Manning Market, along been included in the UDA’s programme, HSTUA complains to with its warehouse, is to be relocated in he said adding that construction work Rajiva heads Peliyagoda, under the government’s pro- will be entrusted to the engineering divi- gramme to modernize Colombo and its sions of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Bribery Commission Liberal Party surroundings. Rambukwella said that the develop- The market premises in Pettah would ment of Independence Square, renova- The Health Services Trade Union General’s Department (AGD) in August be expanded to accommodate a bus ter- tion of the old Dutch Hospital building Alliance (HSTUA) yesterday urged the and a written submission had been made UPFA National list in Fort, conservation of Fort areas Bribery Commission to look into the by it to the Health Secretary requesting minal and a commercial complex, Media parliamentarian Prof Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, told including Beira lake and its surround- fraud of Rs. 700,000 which allegedly took disciplinary action against those respon- Rajiva Wijesinha was place at the Postal Unit of the Health sible. Ratnapriya said that a committee journalists in Colombo yesterday. ings and development of the Pettah Bus elected as the leader Renovation of the old Marketing Terminal, while allocating commercial Ministry in 2007. had been appointed by the Health of the Liberal Party of HSTUA Secretary to re-analyse the report of the Department building at Fort, develop- areas for pavement hawkers, have been CLASSIFIED Sri Lanka at its annu- President Saman AGD in October the same year. ment of the Race Course and Bloomfield completed. ADVERTISEMENT al congress held in Ratnapriya said The Committee, in its report ,recom- that the HSTUA mended that disciplinary action be taken Kurunegala on had submitted a against five employees of the Health December 18. written request to Ministry who included a Deputy On the demise of the Bribery Director General who was serving at the Rajiva Dr. Chanaka Commission time. However, action was taken against Amarathunge, the French boost for Post-war road development founding leader of the party in 1996, requesting an four of the employees while the DDG In line with an ongoing accelerated Agency (AFD). The RPE fund has been inquiry into the was exonerated of all charges. Rajiva was elected to the leadership post-war project to develop the road net- utilized to assist Sri Lanka after the matter. Disciplinary action should be taken and in 2007. Kamal Nissanka took over work, the Treasury on Dec. 20 finalized Tsunami in 2004. The Trincomalee Water The alleged against all those responsible and not as leader. an agreement with France to finance the Supply Project and the provision of fraud was revealed only against those low ranking officers, Under the Liberal Party constitu- widening and reconstruction of bridges. heavy medical equipment to several pub- by the Auditor he said. (DJ) tion the National Committee compris- French Ambassador Ms Christine lic hospitals (oxygen concentrators, oper- ing 23 members elects the leader for a Robichon and Treasury Chief Dr. P. B. ating theatres, equipments for cardiology period of one year. Jayasundara signed the agreement at the and radiology) are currently being imple- The Liberal Party is affiliated to the Ministry of Finance and Planning. mented under this fund.” AyuMedica 2011 Council of Asian Liberal and A French embassy spokesperson said: “The new concessionary loan of 22 050 Democrats (CALD) that comprises 11 “Sri Lanka is a recipient of The 000 euros ($ 31 million) will be used to exhibition extended political parties in Asia and to the Emerging Country Fund (RPE), governed supply 46 metallic bridges to the Road Liberal International. Presently by the French Ministry of Economy, Development Authority to be distributed The ‘AyuMedical 2011’ the Ayurvedic Wijesinha holds the chairmanship of Finance and Industry, beside operations island wide. Medical Exhibition which was to be con- funded by the French Development cluded by the 22nd of December has CALD. been extended until the 24th December due to popular demand. The Ayurvedic Medical Exhibition is organised by the Institute of Indigenous Medicine at the University of Colombo. PC arrested BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE Kandy – The Bogawantalawa police have arrested a police constable of the Theripeha police station following a com- plaint by a fellow police constable, of the same station, that the suspect had not returned the one sovereign gold ring bor- rowed by him. The complainant had said that his col- league had borrowed the ring to attend a festive occasion some time ago but he had not returned it. The suspect is a resident in the Police Bogawantalawa division, according to the complainant. The Bogawantalawa police are investi- gating. ‘Reyaka Dilena Mihiryawa’, a special carol service, was held at St. Francis De Sales Church Iranian drama troupe premises on Sunday (18) in association with choirs of Dalugama, Pamunuwila and Dippitigoda churches of the Dalugama Parish. Rev. Fr. Janaka Indrajith Perera, Director of performs in Colombo Liturgy, Colombo, was the chief guest. Rev. Fr. Jude Shaman Fernando, Parish Priest A seven-member Iranian stage drama Dalugama, Rev.
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