Special working plans to protect Jaffna district in case of disaster. Disaster Management Center prepares
Saturday , 19 January 2013
A person from the majority community had been appointed as the responsible officer to the Jaffna district secretariat Information Department.
Saturday , 19 January 2013
Disaster Management Center Jaffna District Deputy Director S.Ravi said, working projects are designed to protect the Jaffna district from disaster in year 2020, in a protective and peaceful manner.
A discussion was held at Nallur divisional secretariat conference hall yesterday amongst the disaster management sub-committees.
Disaster Management Center Director Major General Hamini Hettiarachchi, Jaffna district Government Agent Suntharam Arumainayagam, divisional secretaries, departments’ heads and many attended.
All the employees from the Disaster Management Center should join and work. These assignments cannot be processed independently by the Disaster Management Department. If everyone coordinate and function, we can expect success in the disaster relief work.
120 million rupees finance has been allocated to the Jaffna district for year 2012 to 2014. 33 million rupees finance was allocated for last year from this allocation.
50 million rupees finance is allocated for this year was said by Director General Major Hamini Hettiarachchi.
Jaffna district Deputy Director S.Ravi in his statement said, working plans are prepared to transform Jaffna district as protective and peaceful in year 2020. The target can be achieved with everyone's coordination.
Intellectuals from the Jaffna district were invited for a seminar concerning disaster management.
We would identify the positive working plans suitable to our region and accordingly activities will be processed.
We have introduced disaster management volunteers in 30 schools out of 473 schools located in the Jaffna district. This year, we would introduce to other schools.
Further we have prepared disaster protective plan to all schools. Flood relief activities will be processed this year was mentioned by him.
A person from the majority community had been appointed as the responsible officer to the Jaffna district secretariat Information Department.
In year 2004, the Information Department office was launched by the Media Ministry at the Jaffna district secretariat. However none was appointed as officer in charge.
In year 2011, July month, in view of the local council election, two officials were appointed temporarily to the Information Department. Officers from the Muslim and Sinhala communities were appointed, but they returned to Colombo on conclusion of the elections.
After their return, substitutes were not appointed and the Information Department activities got halted. In this state, last Tuesday, a Sinhala officer had been appointed to the Information Department.
Jaffna being the district consisting of Tamil speaking people as majority, but Sinhala officials is continuously appointed.
In the beginning of this year, two Sinhala officials were appointed to the Jaffna district secretariat Motor Transport Department and in this state currently a Sinhala official is appointed to the Information Department.
