Jaffna to get three Vidatha Resource Centres

Jaffna to get three Vidatha Resource Centres

Dinesh DE ALWIS

The Technology and Research Ministry said three new Vidatha Resource Centres (VRC) will be opened in Jaffna Peninsula by the end of this year.

Eight VRCs have been established in Jaffna Peninsula. Over 1,000 youth have obtained computer knowledge through the Resource Centres and the Ministry hopes to double the beneficiaries within this year.

The objective of the VRCs is to transfer Computer Technology to rural villages and create job opportunities at village level to youth and to alleviate rural poverty.

Vidatha Centres also facilitate rural entrepreneurs in Jaffna who do not get proper technical knowledge. Vidatha Resources Centres supply technical assistance to rural entrepreneurs, Ministry sources said.

Ceremony to felicitate Bishop

Jaffna Special corr

Rev. Fr. Victor Gnanapragasam, a native of Passaiyoor, Jaffna who was consecrated as a Bishop in Pakistan is back in his native home. He served in Jaffna for seven years prior to his emigration to Pakistan. He had served as a priest in Pakistan for 37 years.

He is the first Bishop of Quetta.

Jaffna Catholics have arranged a grand function this week to felicitate him.

Ice plant factory in Vadamarachchi

Jaffna Special corr

Social Services and Social Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda opened an ice plant factory at Polygandy, Vadamarachchi.

The production of ice came to a stop in the peninsula during the war.

Vadamarachchi fishermen will be able to send their catch to the Colombo market immediately with the production of ice.

Jaffna district Fisheries Assistant Commissioner, Jaffna and a Fisheries Department official attended the opening.

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