The government has decided to appoint senior army officers to coordinate COVID-19 control measures., the Army said in a statement.
"Considering the urgent need for enhanced island-wide coordination for COVID-19 control work, the Presidential Secretariat on the recommendation of General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head of the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID -19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), has appointed 25 Senior Army Officers for all districts, effective from 01 January 2021," the statement said.
Adding significance to those new responsibilities on the very day he was felicitated at the Army Headquarters upon his promotion, General Shavendra Silva awarded those letters of appointment for those 25 Chief Coordinating Officers in all districts this morning (31).
Accordingly, the new office of those Chief Coordinating Officers would facilitate smooth conduct of district-wise Quarantine Centres, Transportation of Individuals for Quarantining and Treatment, Supply of Medicine, Equipment, Dry-rations and other Essentials and all other technical requirements as and when deemed necessary.
The senior Army officers who have been appointed as chief coordinators for the 25 districts are as follows.
Northern Province
Major General W G H A S Bandara - Jaffna
Major General K N S Kotuwegoda - Kilinochchi
Major General R M P J Rathnayaka - Mullaitivu
Major General W L P W Perera - Vavuniya
Major General A A I J Bandara - Mannar
North Central Province
Major General J C Gamage - Polonnaruwa
Major General H L V M Liyanage - Anuradhapura
North Western Province
Major General A P I Fernando - Puttalam
Brigadier P M R H S K Herath - Kurunegala
Western Province
Major General K W R de Abrew - Colombo
Major General N R Lamahewage - Gampaha
Brigadier K N D Karunapala - Kalutara
Central Province
Major General H P N K Jayapathirane - Nuwara Eliya
Major General S M S P B Samarakoon - Kandy
Major General S U M N Manage - Matale
Sabarammuwa Province
Brigadier J M R N K Jayamanna - Ratnapura
Brigadier L A J L B Udowita - Kegalle
Eastern Province
Major General C D Weerasuriya - Trincomalee
Major General T D Weerakoon - Ampara
Major General C D Ranasinghe - Batticaloa
Uva Province
Brigadier E A P Ediriweera - Badulla
Colonel D U N Serasinghe - Monaragala
Southern Province
Major General D M H D Bandara - Hambantota
Major General W A S S Wanasinghe - Galle
Colonel K A U Kodituwakku - Matara
(News Tube)