One of the reasons for me to be in Ampara recently was to review the progress of the project, ‘100 percent electrification of the Ampara district’, launched concurrently with the activities related to the forthcoming ‘Dayata Kirula’ program. The other was to explore the hidden Buddhist and prehistoric heritage in Digamadulla.
Having ceremoniously opened a rural electrification project at Bandaraduwa where, a few years ago, 31 innocent Sinhalese had been hacked to death by the LTTE terrorists, I proceeded to Thirukkovil, along with Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, M.P., Ampara district, to ascertain the extent to which an ancient dagaba had been reported destroyed.
