“My decision was not made out of hatred of anybody. The death penalty on drug peddlers is needed to save the school children, university students and the youth from the drug menace, which is spreading day by day,” he said. He pointed out that he had been waging a fight against drugs for a long period, adding that it has now successfully come to the final stage.
The President declared open the newly constructed three-storeyed building, housing 15 class rooms at Lankapura Vijitha Maha Vidyalaya, built at a cost of Rs 30 million under the ‘Pibidemu Polonnaruwa’ district development programme. Rs 50 million was granted to the school, on a request by school children, to buy necessary equipment for the new building..
A sum of Rs. 50 lakhs was given to purchase the equipment required by the students of the school. Governor of North Central Province Mr. Sarath Ekanayake, the principal R.D. Weerasuriya and Teaching staff, Parents and past pupils of the school were also present on this occasion.