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Awareness programme for public sector field officers in Galle District on earthquakes

envernment problemAn awareness programme for field officers of the public sector in Galle District will be held on 09th of this month at 9.00 am at the auditorium of Kadawath Sathara Divisional Secretariat in line with the National Security Day falls on 26th December.

Its basic objective is to inform the community on their misconceptions on the earthquake occurred last month in the coastal area in Galle, and to describe its scientific aspect and on how to act in such situations.

The programme is organized by the District Disaster Management Unit under the guidance of District Secretary S.T. Kodikara.

Divisional Secretaries, Technical Officers, Zonal Directors of Education, and Technical Officers in Pradeshiya Sabha are expected to be invited to the programme. Resource persons of the programme will be officers of Geological Survey and Mines Bureau and National Building Research Institute.

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