Healthcare heroes honoured by Wellawatta Nithyakalyani Jewellery and Rotary Colombo East

Healthcare heroes honoured at the ‘Deepavali Upahara’

The ‘Deepavali Upahara’ ceremony organised by Wellawatta Nithyakalyani Jewellery, together with the Rotary Colombo East, was held on Deepavali day at the Nithyakalyani premises adhering to COVID-19 health guidelines. 

The ceremony was held to pay tribute to some of the heroes who bolstered the wellbeing of the country during this pandemic period. Accordingly, healthcare heroes such as the Medical Officer of Health – Wellawatte Dr. Shree Prathapan and his team, former OIC at Wellawatte Police Kapila Priyanka Wijemanne and many hygiene related workers who ensure that the city is clean were honoured at this ceremony.

Among the attendees were Wellawatta Nithyakalyani Jewellery CEO and Rotary Colombo East President A.P. Jayarajah, Managing Partners P Sivakumar and Dhivakar Balasubramaniam, Rotarian and Hatton National Bank and Cargills Bank former MD/CEO Rajendra Theagarajah, Rotary Colombo East Secretary Saifu Adamally, the Clean Tech team responsible for Wellawatte area and the OIC of the Community Police Unit of Wellawatte Police Sub Inspector Y. N. Heshan accompanied by other Police officers and the team from Wellawatta Nithyakalyani Jewellery. 

Paying tribute to these healthcare heroes who have been on the frontlines during COVID-19 to ensure health and hygiene in Wellawatte, Jayarajah highlighted the importance of all those heroes who had served tirelessly during the pandemic period and reiterated that Wellawatta Nithyakalyani Jewellery annually engaged in several social welfare activities such as blood donation, beach cleaning, tree maintenance, development of schools and places of worship and that he hoped to carry out a number of similar social service projects in the future in association with the Rotary Colombo East. 

“Your service is more valuable than gold,” stated Sivakumar as part of his closing remarks during the vote of thanks.