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Religious rites, festive atmosphere herald first Foundation stone laying

Religious rites and a festive atmosphere marked the laying of the foundation stone for the new Randombe Kanishta Vidyalaya in Ambalangoda.

The roads to the school were all decked with colourful banners and flags and excited school children lined the roads to the site of their new school. Almost the entire village turned up for the historic event.

The Chief Priest of the Village temple led religious rites and at the auspicious time of 9.17 am District Governor Lucky and other invitees laid the foundation stones for the new school building.

The Rotary Club of Millennium City who are handling the rebuilding of Randombe KV was the first of seven lead clubs to be given the clearance to begin construction by the Apex Committee after scrutiny of their final estimates.

Six other Schools were also given the green light by the Apex Committee after evaluation of their estimates and are expected to commence work in the next two weeks.

The Rotary Club of Kandy which is the Lead Club for the construction of Al-Aqsa Vidyalaya in Batticaloa will begin work before the end of May.

Lead Club Colombo Uptown is expected to begin work on Uthayapuram Vidyalaya in the Batticaloa district by first week of June.

Two more schools in the Batticaloa District - Kayankerni Saraswathy Vidyalaya and Thettativu Sivakalai Vidyalaya, have also received clearance from the Apex Committee. These two schools are handled by the Rotary Clubs of Matale and Batticaloa respectively and work is likely to commence by mid June.

The Rotary Club of Kollonawa will also begin construction of the school allocated to them – Uswathun Hasana Maha Vidyalaya which is in Galle.

The Rotary Club of Trincomalee will begin work on the school allocated to them – Thamaraivil Al-Rawla Vidyalaya in Trincomalee by the first week of June.

The Apex Committee and its sub-committee of architects will be meeting again on the weekend and they are expected to finalise awards of contract with more lead clubs.

It is envisaged that by mid June, 15 of the 25 schools allocated to Rotary will be able to commence work.