65th Independence Day celebrations today in Trinco

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Sri Lanka will today celebrate 65 years of independence from British colonial rule in 1948 with pomp and pageantry in Trincomalee in the Eastern Province.

The 65th Independence Day celebrations will be held under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Fort Fredrick in Trincomalee.

This year’s celebration will be held under the theme ‘Prosperous Tomorrow – Glorious Motherland’.

The Government has called upon public and State sector institutions to hoist the National Flag to mark the 65th Independence Day.

Army Spokesperson Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya said around 4,000 security forces personnel would participate in the Independence Day celebrations.

Several roads in Trincomalee town were closed yesterday due to rehearsals for the Independence Day celebrations, Police Headquarters said. Ahead of celebrations, the President on Sunday declared open the renovated old Dutch Navy Commissioner’s housing complex. The historic 17th century building renovated with the funding of Rs. 75 million from the Netherlands will later be converted into a naval and maritime museum.

A series of mega development projects have been completed in the Eastern Province under the Deyata Kirula exhibition, which was organised to coincide with Independence Day.

The massive development exhibition, held annually since 2006 to coincide with Independence Day celebrations on 4 February, has been postponed this year since construction got delayed due to the adverse weather that prevailed earlier in the region. The exhibition, held in rural areas with the aim to develop those areas, is now scheduled to be held from 23 to 29 March in Ampara in the Eastern Province. The President is scheduled to tour Batticaloa on Tuesday to inspect development projects in the area.

Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne will also attend the Independence Day celebrations, the Government Information Department said.

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