4 Wednesday 21st June, 2006 Electricity generated inadequate for Dual fuel power plant to industries, homes By Don Asoka Wijewardena Power and Energy Minister W. D. J. Seneviratne told ‘The Island’ that elec- tricity generated was in adequate to cater to the needs of all industrial complexes and households .The Ministry had be built at Kerawalapitiya received a large number complaints on constant blackouts, low voltage and con- by Power and Energy Minister John from January 2006 in keeping with a was proposed by Education Minister by Zacki Jabbar tinuous repairs. Seneviratne. government directive to revise state sec- Susil Premajayantha. The government is to build a 300 mega Around 48 to 72 hours annual power A Memorandum submitted by tor salaries”, he said. Meanwhile Social Services Minister watt dual fuel combined cycle power were cuts were the order of the day a sit- Petroleum and Petroleum Resources A proposal to build a complex to Douglas Devananda in a note to the cab- plant at Kerawalapitiya on a Design, uation that had been a major stumbling- Build and Transfer (DBT) basis. Development Minister A. H. M. Fowzie house the Veterinary Teaching Hospital inet of ministers said that his endeav- block to development. Government spokesman and Media to increase Ceylon Petroleum of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine our was to get across to the Tamil com- Minister Senevirate emphasised that Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Corporation employees salaries by 23 and Animal Science of Peradeniya munity the initiative of President the CEB faced a financial crisis of Rs. 93 said that the construction of the power percent was also approved by the University also received Cabinet Mahinda Rajapakse towards finding a billion. The crisis could be surmounted plant has been approved by the cabinet Cabinet. approval. sustainable and honourable solution to by proper maintenance work and effi- of ministers on a proposal put forward “The increase will come into effect The Complex costing Rs 44 million the ethnic conflict. cient administration. Govt. servants to be briefed Sri Lankan Navy matchless – Samaratunge Harischandra Gunaratna in China Bay deep sea to smuggle a lethal cargo shore. on Constitution If the vessel is challenged by the Navy, Government servants would be short- be the first step under a programme to the Sea Tiger suicide cadres explode Eastern Commander of the Sri Lanka ly briefed on the country’s constitution impart knowledge to the civil society on Navy (COMEAST) Rear Admiral themselves with the fishermen on board through seminars and workshops at dis- the constitution of the country. S.R.Samaratunge last week said “No Samaratunge said. trict level, in collaboration with the The Secretary said seminars were Navy in the world can match the experi- ence and knowledge that Sri Lanka Navy “The Island” had the opportunity of Ministry of Public Administration, recently held for high ranking public has gained in counter terrorism. We speaking to Lt Commander I.W.M.A. Secretary, Ministry of Constitutional servants in Colombo, Galle, Kandy have no difficulty in carrying out the Wijewardhana who commanded the Affairs and National Integration Mrs. Kurunegala and Badulla and the next missions against the enemy.” He said the Dvora 418 and engaged in thwarting the Malkanthi Wickremasinghe said. round of seminars will be held in morale of the Navy was high, addressing suicide attempt by Sea Tigers on the What rights the citizens enjoy under Ampara, Anuradhapura and Ratnapura the media at the Eastern Naval Head Pearl Cruiser II close to Vettilaikerny. the constitution and how best power districts. In the second round of semi- Asked to describe the sea battle on the Quarters in China Bay. The biggest sharing could be implemented would be nars lower rank public officers would be threat faced by the Navy was from sui- eve of Vesak Lt Commander explained at these seminars This would briefed on the Constitution. cide missions launched by the LTTE, but Wijewardhana termed it as one that “We are carrying out effective sea con- would go down history and attributed trol in the area with continuous surveil- the Navy’s success to sheer dedication lance with the support of the Sri Lanka and team work. My brother officers who Air Force.” Rear Admiral S.R. Samaratunge laid down their lives in defence of the North-East Sinhala villages have no Samaratunga paid a glowing tribute to the officers and men who fought valiantly to thwart an attempt by the proper security – NCP Chief Minister LTTE to sink the troop carrier Pearl Cruiser II with 710 soldiers on board on by Zacki Jabbar “People from three villages used the 12 May. route that the ill-fated bus had taken. I Samaratunge said the LTTE, when North Central Province Chief think the LTTE is trying to drive the vil- conducting suicide missions seek the Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake lagers away by instilling fear in them” assistance of unsuspecting fisherman said that all North –East Sinhala villages Dissanayake, said that President offering them large sums of money. were under LTTE threat, but there was Mahinda Rajapakse would be introduc- The fishermen are inveigled in to hir- no proper security plan to protect them. ing a comprehensive security plan short- ing their boats to the ‘sea tigers’ to carry He, said that the LTTE was able to ly for the villages that were under LTTE out their suicide missions disguised as Sea Tiger attack craft fitted with radar plant the claymore mine that killed 64 threat. fishermen. But what the poor fishermen the LTTE and they are on a journey civillians and injured 86 others in a bus “Until such time we appeal to the peo- don’t know is that they are actually never to return. motherland fought to the end without at Kohongallawe in Anuradhapura on ple to be calm and not retaliate in the embarking on suicide missions with LTTE also engages fishing trawlers in thinking of their own lives. June 15, due to a lapse in security. face of LTTE provocation”, he said. JVP confident CEB ‘LTTE sole representative of Tamil Royal Asiatic problems will be lecture series people, a myth – CPSL The lecture of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka scheduled for June sorted out by Franklin R. Satyapalan chauvinists on either side are playing process of negotiated settlement. The will be held at 5. p.m. on 26th June at the into their hands. mounting contradictions within their Gamini Dissanayake Auditorium of the by Ifham Nizam The absence of a strong democratic The communist Party of Sri Lanka own ranks, the continuing pressure from Mahaweli Centre. on the subject JVP members of the Parliamentary Tamil alternative in the country has calls upon all those concerned to take all the Tamil civil society as well as diaspora “Heritage Impact Assessments of Port Select Committee are confident that enabled the LTTE to disguise itself as the possible steps ,seem to have created psychological Sites: A Platform for Studies in President Mahinda Rajapakse would sole representative of the Tamil people, a To avert another bloody holocaust. imbalance in the LTTE leadership forc- Waterfront Archaelogy”. iron out problems pertaining to the myth not related to reality General The Communist Party of Sri Lanka ing them to seek refuge in criminality of The lecture will be delivered by Lt. Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) amend- Secretary of the Communist Party of Sri condemns with all vehemence the savage Tamil chauvinism. Their dependence on Com. Somasiri Devendra. ment Bill scheduled to be taken up for Lanka, Minister Dew Gunasekara said murder of civilians including school Sinhala chauvinism and southern discussion yesterday (20) in Parliament on Monday. children of Kebilitigolleva - by the LTTE extremism as a last refuge in their strug- and reach a settlement that favours the Consequently ,there has emerged a through Claymore mine blast. This gle for survival has been established Marxist party. political trend in the North which pulls demonstrates most nakedly the beastly unmistakably through their mine blast. Kalutara District JVP parliamentari- the LTTE into a state of war and also a and violent nature of LTTE terrorism. The LTTE may attempt to achieve Compiled by Dasun Edirisinghe Frustrated and incensed by the mount- what it failed through war by pushing the an Piyasiri Wijenayake told ‘The Island’ parallel political trend in the south Forecast for today on Monday that the party was hopeful which pushes the LTTE in to the same ing pressure of world opinion against the issue further to the international arena that the President would take a decision LTTE for their continued intransigence through escalation of violence and possi- Showers or thunder showers will occur at times in the state. These invisible trends operate sur- Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and Central provinces in their favour at yesterday’s meeting reptitiously on both sides of the divide as and blatant violations of human rights , ble international intervention. The coun- and parts of Northwestern province. Isolated thundershowers with president Rajapakse. a ë third force ‘engaged in this game of the LTTE has once again resorted to try should not to taken unaware of these will develop in the Uva and North central provinces during the But if any amendments were made pull and push. Though organically not their inherent forms of terrorism moves and trends . afternoon or evening. the JVP Parliamentary Select linked ,they co-exist and nurture them- against the most innocent and helpless The absence of a strong democratic Forecast for main cities Committee would definitely vote selves for their common survival. The segments. Tamil alternative in the country has against, the Government said. real benefactors of this trend are the Their intransigent behavior explicitly enabled the LTTE to disguise itself as the He said that the amendments that arms-dealers and the under-world opera- reveals their inability or unwillingness sole representative of the Tamil people , a were said to be discussed were similar to tives.