Thirty-five houses built for families of Sri Lanka’s ‘War Heroes’ were presented to recipients during a formal ceremony at the Defence Services College in Colombo on Monday.
The Secretary to Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence Karunasena Hettiarchchi, speaking at the event welcomed the initiative as a “show of gratitude to the fellow servicemen who stood shoulder to shoulder to safeguard the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country.”
See more at Sri Lanka’s MoD website.
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