4 Tuesday 6th September, 2011 A’pura UNP councilors get cold feet CEB strike called off BY IFHAM NIZAM By Percy Kuruneru ent at the time it was taken up yesterday. Anil Ratnayake and D. M. Amaratunge were The Joint Trade Union installments with effect Ten UNP members last week brought a pro- present. Alliance of the Ceylon from January 2012. A proposal by some members of the North posal to the effect that Anuradhanayake should General Secretary of the UNP, Tissa Electricity Board The letter also Western Provincial Council to remove opposi- be removed. Attanayake had informed the chairman in writ- yesterday called says that 2009 incre- tion leader Kasturi Anuradhanayake from his But when the meeting was called by the ing that Anuradhanayake has been appointed off the proposed ments will be given office was not taken up for discussion as the Chairman P. B. Dissanayake to take up the by the party and the council members cannot one day strike to from January members who made the proposal were not pres- issue, only two of the ten members, namely remove him according to the party constitution. be held tomorrow instead of following a letter November. of assurance from Nimalaratne also the CEB Board said that incre- Directors to settle ments used to be their arrears. given in the CEB JTUA once in three years spokesman and the last incre- Responsibility for renaming Ananda ment of 22 per cent Nimalaratne told due in 2009 had The Island yesterday that been not effected. though they were given a The CEB unionists said verbal assurance on Friday, they had shelved their they had stuck to the earlier demand for a pay hike in roads lies with PCs decision to go ahead with 2009 as the country was the strike. fighting the last stages of “Obviously we were sus- the war against the LTTE. picious, going by past expe- The CEB employees went BY FRANKLIN R. SATYAPALAN rience. Our confidence, how- on a sick note campaign on The renaming of a public asking for their views. ever was restored when the August 3 demanding the road comes under the The Colombo Municipal letter was given by none arrears that would cost the purview of the Local Council was not the authority other than CEB General Board an additional Rs. 900 Government Minister of the for changing road names it is Manager, Nihal million. respective Provincial Council the Minister of Local Wickremasooriya,” Power and Energy said the Special Government, the Special Nimalaratne added. Minister Patali Champika Commissioner of the Commissioner said. He said however that Ranawaka earlier said that Colombo Municipal Council When views were received there were certain sections he would not grant, what he Omar Kamil yesterday (5). from the residents the CMC in the letter which they dis- called, unfair demands by When the Provincial would forward it to the cussed and clarified out at a some CEB unions. Council decided to rename a authorities concerned, he discussion. He told The Island that public road the local govern- said. According to the written CEB workers enjoyed 55 ben- ment concerned was request- Kamil said that the names assurance given by the CEB efits, which other workers in ed to call for views from the of three roads had been Board of Management, the public sector were not residents of that street, Kamil changed in Colombo during arrears would be paid in entitled to. said. the past eight months. Regarding the renaming of The three roads are Bagatalle Road after Dr. W. Havelock Road was renamed Dahanayake, request had as Sambuddha Jayanthi UNP’s 65th... From page 1 been forwarded to the Urban Mawatha, Maya Avenue was Development Authority and renamed as Sri Nissanka D. S. Senanayake and Jayawickrama Perera, the Western Provincial Mawatha and the Bristol The Transport Ministry has decided to operate luxury buses on the Southern Express Way. At first two other leaders of the party. National Organiser Ravi Council and thereafter the Street as Sir Razik Fareed luxury buses will run. Transport Minister Kumara Welgama inspecting a luxury bus ordered for the Co-Deputy Leaders of the Karunanayake, Media Colombo Municipal Council Mawatha during this year. Southern Expressway at the Ashok Leyland factory in Athurugiriya. Company Executive Director UNP, Karu Jayasuriya and Spokesman Gayantha had written to the residents Umashe Gothami is also present. Sajith Premadasa, General Karunatillake and a host of Secretary Tissa Attanayake, others will participate. Chairman Gamini Docs strike... From page 1 Pakistan marks Women, De Soyza Maternity Home, Lady from the strike. They will also attend to all emergen- Bad petrol... From page 1 Ridgeway Children’s Hospital and the cies. However routine work would be disrupted. The public could now question, but the compensa- Defence Day Maharagama Cancer Institute would be exempted witness a game of musical tion ordered was a pittance chairs with the and was totally insuffi- People and the armed forces lives in defending the country. Lankan expats... From page 1 blame being shifted cient to effect the neces- together can conquer aggres- The need to imbibe the spir- from one person to sary repairs. sion and overcome any chal- it of September 6 this year is land would be surveyed before a new deed is respective Divisional Secretariat, he said. issued to the rightful owners. Land matters in Karachchi, in the Killinochchi another. In the end The government lenge to the country,says even greater as the country is there would be no was still trying to sell Pakistani President Asif Ali confronted with a new and far When contacted, the Senior Assistant Secretary district, Nedunkerni in the Vavuniya District, one to account for the war victory, but the Zardari. more serious challenge to its to the Ministry of Lands and Land Development P. Maritime Pattru in the Mullaitivu district and Musali the massive loss suf- people have had enough In a special message to existence from the militants, M. P. Udayakantha said that the government had in the Mannar district are also been looked into. fered by the CPC, of public resources mark the Pakistan Defence Day, extremists and fanatics. decided to conduct inquiries in stages in each Udayakantha said that it would be appreciated Karunathillake being squandered and which falls today (6), President Let us therefore commemo- Divisional Secretariat in the districts of the Northern if applicants would obtain a form, fill it and hand it Zardari says that on this day in rate September 6 this year by said. would deliver a fitting Region. over personally, but for those who are living abroad 1965 Pakistani people joined paying homage to the great He said that a large num- verdict at the forthcoming hands in solidly stand- sons and daughters of “Currently, we are inquiring into lands in the and cannot make it to Sri Lanka immediately, they ber of vehicle engines had polls to 23 local bodies to be ing behind the armed the nation who laid Nallur Divisional Secretariat area in the Jaffna could search the WEB – bimsaviya.gov.lk (In the been damaged due to using held on October 8, forces to face a serious down their lives in the District and forms have been made available at the homepage ). the sub standard petrol in Karunathillake said. threat against defense of the mother- Pakistan. land. Let us also reiter- Full text of ate our resolve to Ex- Defence... From page 1 President Zardari’s demonstrate the spirit The Island sought Fernando’s comments fol- civilian and military to the International revealed by international wire services. statement: “The signifi- of September 1965 in lowing The Washington Post reported that one Criminal Court (ICC) on Nov 22, 2002. The then Veteran lawyer Gomin Dayasri said that non cance of September 6 meeting the new chal- such flight that took place on August 12, 2003, Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando and E. disclosure of the purpose, cargo and flight plan lies in the fact that on lenges to the country. when a Gulfstream IV aircraft carrying six pas- Ashley Wills signed the agreement on behalf of in that particular clandestine operation was this day in 1965 the Our people and sengers took off from Dulles International Sri Lanka and US, respectively. nothing but an embarrassment to the host coun- people of Pakistan armed forces have Airport near Washington and flew to Bangkok. Under the agreement the US and Sri Lanka try and violation of international law. What from all provinces and all walks offered unprecedented sacri- of life joined hands in solidly fices in the war against militan- Before returning four days later, it touched down will not surrender or extradite persons of either would have happened if Sri Lanka moved an standing behind the armed cy.No other nation has paid in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, the United Arab party present in the territory of the other to the LTTE terrorist taken in the US on a secret flight forces to face a serious threat to such a heavy price as the people Emirates and Ireland, and appears to have coin- ICC without the consent of the country con- from John F Kennedy airport, Dayasri asked? the country.The unprecedented of Pakistan in fighting the mili- cided with the capture of Indonesian Riduan cerned. “What would the Americans have done? Would it national unity demonstrated on tants and to safeguard their Isamuddin. Interestingly, the US finalized ACSA with not call for censure of our flights, summoning of this day has made it a memo- right to live in accordance with Sources said that following the UNP led President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government our Washington-based ambassador with con- rable day in our national calen- the democratic values for UNF’s victory at the Dec 2001 parliamentary elec- during his first term in office in spite of strong demnation and seeking guarantees of future dar.