Sri Lanka, July 7 -- President Gotabaya Rajapaksa attended a series of public gatherings in Puttalam, yesterday, organised in support of candidates of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) contesting the upcoming Parliamentary Election.

Residents in Nainamadama, Marawila, requested the President to take measures to repair the salt water dam in the area as a solution to the prevailing water shortage. The filtering facility of the dam is defunct. Once it is repaired, hundreds of families could be provided with drinking water, while more than 2,000 acres of paddy lands could be irrigated.

The meeting, which was held at the Marawila Fair Ground in Puttalam, was organised by the SLPP candidate, former State Minister Dayashritha Thisera.

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