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Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera, along with Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara and Deputy Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna, visited the site of the Enterprise Sri Lanka Exhibition yesterday in Monaragala to oversee the final arrangements of the exhibition.
The exhibition will be declared open by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at 4.00 p.m. today. This exhibition will be open to the general public from 10.00 am to 12.00 midnight from today until 31 August. At the opening ceremony of the exhibition, the Prime Minister will distribute land deeds to 800 families from the Monaragala District.
The Monaragala District will undergo a series of development projects to be initiated under the Gamperaliya rapid rural development program to coincide with this exhibition. Furthermore, three green parks will be established in the three electorates of the district.
The ground-breaking ceremony for the green parks in the Monaragala, Wellawaya and Bibila electorates will take place today. The Monaragala District Government Agent Padma Kulasuriya said that each green park will consist of a meditation centre, gymnasium, jogging path and library.
In addition to that, several rural and provincial roads will also be developed and all schools in the district without access to proper sanitation facilities will be provided with such facilities. School grounds as well as public playgrounds have also been earmarked to be developed via the Gamperaliya program to promote sports among the country’s schoolchildren.
