President to Meet Uma Oya Protestors Tomorrow

Digital Infrastructure Development Minister Harin Fernando  while addressing  a news conference yesterday said, that  President Maithripala Sirisena will meet with Uma Oya protestors tomorrow (30).

He further said that public agitation was ‘fair’, given the circumstances.

Accordingly, ten protestors representing the Uma Oya protestors will meet the President Maithripala Sirisena,  who has decided to intervene personally in the matter, after protestors took to the streets to protest the multipurpose project that has caused damage to houses.

Uma Oya protestors said  7, 037 houses have been damaged as a result of the multipurpose project that includes a 26 metre long pipeline from which residents allege over 8 million liters of water is leaking on a daily basis.