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22nd September 2017 22:49:44 Hours

Army Supports Torch Parade in the ‘National Sports Festival - 2017’

Sri Lanka Army troops, supporting the ‘Torch Relay’, carrying of the symbolic flame across 200 cities as the forerunner to the commencement of the 43rd National Sports Festival - 2017, reached Galle this morning (22) and accepted the flame to be taken from Galle to Matara.

At the request of the Department of Sports Development, Army troops in close coordination with respective District Secretariats and other authorities, supported the parade that carries the torch from Jaffna to Matara, prior to the formal commencement of the National Sports Festival - 2017 in Matara.

The commencement of the last leg of the parade from Galle to Matara took place in Galle after the Chief Minister in a simple ceremony handed over the flame to Army representatives and other organizers, to be taken to Matara, prior to the commencement of the national festival.

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