Colombopage.com
October 05, 2011
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa ceremoniously declared open the newly constructed four-storied administrative complex in Hambanthota Tuesday (04).Speaking at the occasion, the President said the government implements development programmes not only for the benefit of the present generation but also for the prosperity of future generations as well.
The government aims provide the people with benefits of development regardless of their political and ethnic differences, the President added.
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The five-storied building complex, built at a cost of 2.9 billion rupees on a 72-acre land in Siribopura, Gonnoruwa in Hambanthota, is to house the district's all major government institutions, department offices and the office complexes demolished for the Hambanthota port construction.
Accordingly, 42 Government institutions will be housed in this administrative complex including Hambanthota District Secretariat, Divisional Secretariat, banks, post offices, Local Government institutions, libraries, electricity depots, telecommunication offices and many other state and public sector offices making it convenient for the public to receive all state services from one location.
The Exim Bank of South Korea had granted funds for the project and the Urban Development Authority has carried out the construction.
Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs W.D.J. Seneviratne, Minister of Disaster Management Mahinda Amaraweera, Deputy Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Nirupama Rajapaksa, South Korean Ambassador to Sri Lanka Choi Jong Moon and other distinguished guests participated in the ceremony.
(Photos by Sudath Silva)
