President Ranil Wickramasinghe, who is on an official visit to Japan, has instructed the President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake to take steps to provide immediate relief to all the residents affected by the fire that broke out yesterday (27) afternoon in a Kajimawatta apartment complex in Thotalaga, Colombo.
It is said that President Ranil Wickramasinghe has given these instructions last night.
In this regard, the President has given instructions to
immediately intervene and coordinate with the Colombo District Secretary, the Armed Forces, the Fire Brigade, the Health Department, the Urban Development Authority and all other relevant government agencies, and look into the needs of the people who have been residing in the apartment complex since last night and provide prompt facilities for them.
Accordingly, all those departments have already taken steps to provide the maximum intervention required to extinguish the fire and provide all other necessary facilities promptly.
The President has further stated that the facilities needed by mothers, women and children who are in great difficulty due to this situation should also be looked into.
