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27th January 2023 23:50:49 Hours

Mangalagama Handicapped Civilians Receive Wheelchairs thru 231 Infantry Brigade

11 Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (11 SLSR) troops of the 231 Infantry Brigade HQ coordinated a series of donation programmes for needy people in the Mangalagama area at the Mangalagama Sri Dharmarama Temple on Tuesday (17 Jan).

During the event, 61 civilians received statues of the Buddha and books of Bodhi Pooja recitations while three handicapped civilians received wheelchairs. Afterwards, one of those handicapped civilians received Rs. 10,000.00, worth essentials and dry rations. At the same occasion, a bed-ridden and disabled civilian was awarded an air mattress.

This was made possible with the kind patronage offered jointly by the 'Manusath Hadawatha' and “Dahamala” Social Service Foundations through the coordination of the Security Force HQ - East. Troops under the guidance of Major General Sujeewa Hettiarachchi, Commander, Security Forces (East), and Major General Shewanth Kulathunga, General Officer Commanding, 23 Infantry Division carried out the project under the close supervision of Brigadier Dilupa Bandara, Commander, 231 Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel W.G.N.D Weerasinghe, Civil Affairs Officer (CAO), 231 Infantry Brigade, and Major D.M.N Padmasiri, Commanding Officer (CO), 11 SLSR.

Brigade Commander, 231 Infantry Brigade, Brigadier Dilupa Bandara graced the occasion as the Chief Guest while Ms Shashikala Gunarathna, the Coordinator, “Manusath Hadawatha Foundation”, Ms Nadee Samarasinghe, Coordinator, “Dahamala Foundation”, and the CAO, 231 Infantry Brigade, Commanding Officer of 11 SLSR, Senior Officers, Officers, Other Ranks and civilians in the area participated in the event.