President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that a programme will be implemented to provide clean water for all.The President made this statement while addressing a function held in Nadungamuwa.

President Rajapaksa expressed the following views;

“We have decided to create a programme through which everyone in the country would be able to obtain pipe-borne water. Earlier when I said that If was going to fix all the roads, they laughed at me. They might laugh at this as well. However, the people who know are sure that we can do this. We will never say something that we cannot accomplish. From next year a majority of our funds will be directed towards the irrigation and and agriculture sectors .”

Meanwhile, the Asia Pacific Postal Union Executive Committee meeting commenced in Colombo on Monday under the auspices of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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