The penultimate day of Mullivaikkal Week was marked in various places in the East on Thursday.
Students of the Eastern University held a blood donation drive, in which students from all faculties participated.
Commemorations to mark the last day of Tamil Genocide Remembrance Week before May 18 itself also took place in Trincomalee and Batticaloa, with attendance by locals, Eastern Provincial Council members, and visiting Northern Provincial Council members.
The Batticaloa event was held at Kallady Beach, while the Trincomalee commemoration was held at the monument to victims of Welikada prison massacres on Trincomalee Beach.
