Sri Lanka, Jan. 8 -- In support of the government's rehabilitation programme for those affected by Cyclone Ditwah, a monk, Venerable Mavikande Ratanapala Thera, Chief Incumbent of Siyambalapitiya, Yattogoda and Yatahalena Raja Maha Vihara, Justice of the Peace, and National Director of Human Rights, has donated a ten-acre plot of his privately owned land.

The land, located in the Siyambalapitiya area under the Galigamuwa Divisional Secretariat Division, was officially handed over yesterday (07) at the Presidential Secretariat to Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake.

Dr. Kumanayake said the government has launched a programme to construct new homes for families who lost their property due to Cyclone Ditwah.

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