ARMY TROOPS after their victory against LTTE terrorism, now continue to devote more and more time for community-oriented social and welfare projects as normalcy has returned to their areas of residence.
Several officers and groups of soldiers of the 231 and 233 Brigades in the east recently conducted two such projects. They cleaned and repaired the Sri Siththi Vinayagar Hindu Kovil at Panichchankerni which remained dilapidated and unattended. The chief priest cooperated with Army personnel along with some devotees in the area.
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Meanwhile, the roadsides on Muthuwella and Welikanda road received a fresh look when 231 Brigade troops with the support of the public conducted a cleaning and garbage collecting campaign last Friday (15).
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Officers and soldiers of the same Brigade on Sunday (17) conducted a separate Shramadana (self-help) campaign and cleaned the Welikanda government hospital premises. More than two dozens of soldiers participated in it. Members of the minor staff at the hospital also participated in the programme.
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In the meantime, following an initiative taken by the 231 Brigade and its civil affairs coordinator, a special awareness lecture on contagious A1-H1-N1 influenza was delivered by additional medical officer at Welikanda hospital for the benefit of Sinhapura area based pregnant women. The lecture, assisted by health service officers for Sinhapura, Aselapura and Katuwanvila. 231 Brigade civil affairs coordinating officer and a group of volunteer health workers lasted for more than two hours with practical demonstrations.
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Around the same period, one more Shramadana campaign was conducted to clean the G.T.M.S Vidyalaya and its premises in Panichchankerni. The self-help programme on Sunday (17) was attended by Army personnel, attached to 233 Brigade. Nearly one hundred civilians also joined the campaign.
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