Phase 2 of the Deyata Kirula Mobile Services which commenced in 2731 Grama Seva Divisions of 57 Divisional Secretarial areas in the Kurunegala, Kegalle and Puttalam Districts parallel to the 2014 Deyata Kirula National Development Programme will continue at electoral level in 31 electorates from January 10 to deal with problems not yet solved, according to Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa.

The Minister said this during the meeting held at the Ministry Office on Thursdayto discuss Deyata Kirula Phase 2.

In the first round 2,731 Mobile Service focused on 85,970 common problems and 1,049,487 individual problems. Thirty percent of them were solved then and there and 30 percent of the balance was solved in the following weeks.  Arrangements have been made for the Mobile Services to solve the remaining ones in 31 electorates.   Government Officials with powers to make decisions will participate in these services.

Deyata Kirula Mobile Services were launched on July 1 last year under Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa's direction in accordance with a concept of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to solve people's problems from village to village and from house to house.

Minister Rajapaksa further said that problems that still remained unsolved will be attended to by the final Mobile Service to be conducted at the Deyata Kirula Exhibition to be held on February 5.  Secretaries of the relevant Ministries will handle this.

The participants at the meeting held at the ministry were Ministers S.B. Navinna, Athauda Seneviratne, Tissa Vitharana, Rajitha Senaratane, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, T.B. Ekanayake, Felix Perera, Jayaratne Herath, Johnston Fernando, Ranjit Siyambalapitiya, Pavithra Wanniarachchi and Dayasri Tissera, Wayamba Chief Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera and other Provincial Councilors, Deputy Ministers Lalith Dissanayake. Indika Bandaranayake, Anthony Perera and Neomal Perera, Parliamentarians including Shantha Bandara and Nilwala Wijesinghe, secretaries of the three districts and divisional secretaries.

•Pictures by : Asanka Liyadipitiya

•Compiled by: Dharman Wickremaratne

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