PAKISTAN CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF NOW IN SRI LANKA ON TOUR CALLS ON COMMANDER
Selected 150 School Students from poverty-strick Monara, Siyabalanduwa,Badalkumbura, Buttala, Wellawya and Thanamalvila areas in the Security Force Headquarters – Central (SFHQ - C) recently receivd push bicycles as gifts,thanks to generosity, offered by a Singaporean delegation, headed by Ven.Bellanwila Dhammaratana Nayake Thera, Advisor, Singapore Buddhist Library and Chief Incumbent, Bellanwila Raja Maha Vihara.
The distribution, organized at the 5 Gemunu Watch Battalion Headquarters atWellawaya under the (SFHQ-C) , was attended by Major General U.A.B. Medawala,Commander, SFHQ – C as the Chief Guest, together with Ven.
BellanwilaDharmmaratana Nayaka Thera, Representatives from Singapore, Senior Army and Air Force officers, Zonal Education Director, Divisional Secretaries, Principals,teachers and student recipients. Students of Monaragala (21), Siyabalanduwa (22), Badalkumbura (19), Buttala(29), Wellawaya (28) and Thanamalwila (31) during this simple ceremony wereawarded those bicycles that would facilitate their school-going movement withoutdelays on roads for public or private transport.
