President first Head of State to visit Delft Island; launches many development projects

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa made the first ever visit by a Head of State to Delft Island on Tuesday. The President, who was accorded a rousing welcome on the occasion, opened several development projects and vested them in the public. During his visit he also opened the Delft Island Divisional Secretariat office. The President also opened a Mahindodaya Technical Laboratory at Delft Maha Vidyalaya.

The President first opened the Divisional Secretariat office, which has been constructed at a cost of Rs.78 million, and then commissioned a mega-scale electrification project which fulfills 99% of Delft Island’s electricity requirement. Five hundred and fifty of the 1,300 households on Delft Island have electricity at present. With the commissioning of the new electrification project, the other 750 houses will be supplied electricity. The Government has invested Rs. 47 million in this electrification project. Delft is the largest island in the country which covers an area of 40 square kilometres. It consists of 1,346 families with 14 villages and six GS divisions. After opening the Mahindodaya Technical Laboratory, President Rajapaksa went on an observation tour of Delft Maha Vidyalaya and advised education officers to provide more opportunities for students in the technological fields which are a requirement in the modern world. Furthermore, the President opened three Mahindodaya Technical Laboratories at St. Anthony’s Vidyalaya, Kayts, Dr. Thiyagaraja Central College, Karainagar and Wadukkodei Hindu Vidyalaya. The President also opened the Venani Divisional Secretariat office.