INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon chaired a meeting today (05) with representatives of UN agencies, international
non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and NGOs to brief them on the ongoing rescue and relief operations to assist adverse weather-affected
communities.The state minister presented the UN, INGO and NGO officials with the latest development in weather and progress of the ongoing
relief operations carried out by disaster management authorities through District and Divisional Secretariats in coordination with
was readily facilitated by the UN agencies, INGOs and NGOs for providing relief to flood victims and he said that more was needed to be done
assistance and allocations towards relief work, the Defence Ministry said in a statement.He especially requested their assistance towards
repairing schools, where many safe centres are located providing shelter to a large number of flood victims and damaged houses
Centre officials, and representatives of UN agencies including UNICEF, WHO, Red Cross, World Vision etc and NGOs were also present at the
