Mangala calls for all party support for peace

By Thihagoda Group Correspondent

The hard endeavour of the present government under the leadership of the President Mahinda Rajapakse would be capable of ushering permanent peace and sustainable socio-economic progress in the country. Unstincted support and whole-hearted co-operation of all parties concerned would be vital to reach this goal, said Foreign Affairs, Ports and Aviation Minister Mangala Samaraweera.

He made these observations at a ceremony held recently at Dodampahala, Dickwella for vesting 25 newly constructed houses among tsunami affected families in the Dickwella Divisional Secretariat area.

This housing scheme with all infrastructure facilities has been constructed "People's In Perin" a donor organisation of Slowekiya. Except the loss of lives, the government is committed to provide the tidal wave battered families with all facilities for leading a happy and contented existence. The government would be very grateful to all foreign countries donor agencies and non governmental organisations for their unstinted co-operation in tsunami recovery activities in the country he said.

Expeditions action has also been taken to reconstruct 4000 houses destroyed by the tidal wave catastrophe in safer locations in the Southern region Work on resettlement of displaced families is in progress in the district of Matara.

Poverty and unemployment are burning issues in Sri Lanka. These problems can be addressed with the construction of the proposed new harbour and airport in the South, Minister Samaraweera further added.
