20th October 2021 16:50:35 Hours
With the sponsorship provided by Mr Athula Jayasinghe living in Australia, troops of 23 Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment under the guidance of Major General Chaminda Lamahewa - General Officer Commanding 24 Infantry Division and Commander – 242 Infantry Brigade Brigadier Chandika Peris, took the initiative of building a new house for a needy family in Pothuvil area.
Major General Channa Weerasuriya, Commander, Security Force-East expressed his appreciation for the gesture as the construction constitutes another community welfare project.
The project was brought to completion by the troops under the supervision of the Second In Command, Major Dilum Wijethilaka before it was ceremonially vested in the beneficiary, Mr P Sanmugan, No 02 Viktorwaththa, Sengamuwa, Pothuvil on Tuesday (19) after his plight was brought to the notice of the troops by social service activists in the area.
