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18th October 2016 17:59:30 Hours

Community Projects Dominate Anniversary Programmes

Community-oriented projects such as installation of a new water purification system for school students in Inamaluwa, construction of a new sanitary and sewage disposal scheme in a Galewela school, cleaning of roadways leading to Walagamba Raja Maha Viharaya in Dambulla, offer of lunch to inmates at Inamaluwa Sewana Sarana Elders’ Home, and finally the conduct of military formalities on the Army Day (Oct 10), constituted the series of Army anniversary arrangements in the 53 Division Headquarters at Inamaluwa Habarana.

Army anniversary arrangements organized on the instructions of Major General Shavendra Silva, General Officer Commanding, 53 Division gave priority to those community-oriented services.

The water purification system, sponsored by relatives of late J Jayasinghe and late Sunanda Gamini Jayasinghe at Galewela Inamaluwa Weera Wijaya Wimalaratne Maha Vidyalaya, was installed by Army personnel free of charge to coincide with the Army Day programmes. Similarly, troops volunteered to construct a new sanitary and sewage disposal scheme in the Galewela Silwathgala Maha Vidyalaya premises after relatives of late Mr G.E.S Seneviratne offered sponsorship for purchase of technical items.

Meanwhile, 53 Division troops joined hands with villagers to clean roadsides leading to the Walagamba Raja Maha Viharaya in Dambulla on the Army Day (Oct 10) as another project of the anniversary arrangements. Troops also offered a sumptuous lunch to the inmates at Inamaluwa Sewana Sarana Elders’ Home on account of the anniversary on the instructions of the General Officer Commanding, 53 Division as another project.

Military formalities on the Army Day (Oct 10) began with the recital of the Army song and the reading of the Commander’s message to all ranks. The anniversary arrangements came to an end with an all rank lunch at the 53 Division Headquarters premises. Senior officers and a representative gathering of other rankers attended the programmes.

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