COLOMBO, 27 April, 2021 (TON): On Monday, the Sri L:ankan President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa visited the village of Welanwita in Haldummulla of the Badulla District to observe the progress of  the “Discussion with the Village” program.

Uva Provincial Governor A.J.M. Muzammil, State Minister Thenuka Vidanagamage, Members of Parliament Sudarshana Denipitiya, Chamara Sampath Dasanayake, Tissa Kuttiarachchi, People’s Representatives of the area and government officials were also present.

Last year on 25 September, the President launched the ‘Discussion with the Village’ program with the aim of talking to rural communities living in remote and difficult areas about their long-standing unresolved problems without intermediaries and to present them directly to the officials in order to find solutions

Haldummulla Welanwita village, which was identified as the most difficult Divisional Secretariat Division in the Badulla District, was the first in the program.

During the visit to the village last year, the President instructed the relevant authorities to provide immediate solutions to the problems pointed out and identified by the people.

However, the purpose of the President’s visit to the village on Monday was to review the progress of the project after seven months.