05th August 2020 19:46:07 Hours
Multitasking Army troops of the Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers who swiftly acted upon the directions of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army and supervision of the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Colonel Commandant of Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers Major General Jagath Gunawardena, have undertaken several multi-faceted development-oriented community projects in schools and other places during past few days.
People, principals, teachers, students and parents who interacted with HE the President during his most recent visits to respective areas directly sought his intervention for renovation of school playgrounds, stadiums, roadways, buildings, etc which have remained unattended.
Fully confident of recognized Army skills, HE the President has tasked the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva to deliver the needs at the earliest.
Accordingly, a contingent of 60 Army personnel of 9 SLSR, CES, 6 Field Engineers, 15 (V) Sri Lanka Engineers and Sri Lanka School of Military Engineering (SLSME) troops at short notice proceeded to Thanamalwila National College premises after students and teachers informed the visiting President of the dilapidated status quo of the entry road to the college, by roads and the assembly ground.
Similarly, another group of soldiers undertook the renovation of unattended Dematapandura tank with its 350m long bund after instructions reached them. 11 Field Engineers are currently clearing and renovating the entire tank that covers about 7 acres and supplies water to nearly 35 acres of cultivation.
In addition, troops of 11 Field Engineers and 12 Field Engineers are currently effecting repairs to the Ayagama-Kalawana road and Neluwa-Lankagama road while clearing about 150m in length and attending to roadside clearing, necessary earth filling, excavations and compaction.
Meanwhile, 5 Field Engineers are presently carrying out road repairs between Kolawenigama and Lankagama by widening both sides of the road and continuing necessary roadside clearing, earth filling and excavations and compaction. A road patch of about 40 m has been refilled with soil.
Earlier, 6 Field Engineers, 12 Field Engineers and 11 Field Engineers troops in response to the Presidential directive to the Army Chief, commenced playground and stadium development projects at Hanguranketha Poramadulla Central College and plans are afoot to construct a flyover bridge between the playground and the school premises.
In the meantime, renovation work of the playground at Deraniyagala Siri Saman National School which began on 19 July 2020 was completed and officially vested in the school on 04 August 2020.
In another mega project, 11 Field Engineers are constructing the new sports stadium and its pavilion at Dummalasuriya J.R Jayawardena Central College as of now. More than 80% of the construction work has been completed at this college as of Tuesday (4) morning.
