The children who were displaced in the Colombo Division Police area following the tsunami were re-settled within a week and arrangements were made for those children to attend schools in order to continue with their education, said Colombo DIG Sirisena Herath at a Counselling meeting held with the participation of all religious dignitaries in Colombo recently.
Western Province Governor Alavi Mowlana and UNICEF Country Representative Ted Chaiban were the chief guests at the ceremony.
Ven. Ethkanda Saddhajeewa Thera, Jayawardenapura University Vice Chancellor Chandima Wijebandara, Prof. Gnanadasa Perera, Dr. Ramani Perera, Dr. Ms. I. Jayawardena and several other lecturers participated in the Counselling meeting.
DIG Herath said that those displaced people, children and the others are given shelter in Temples, Churches, Mosques and school buildings in the area. The Police are making arrangements with the assistance of the public to re-settle these people as early as possible.
"Not a single robbery or rape was reported from the Colombo area due to the immediate steps taken to prevent any outsiders entering the area without the knowledge of the people of the area.
On the directions of Colombo DIG Herath, two riot squads of the Field Force Headquarters, life saving squads and roads blocks were deployed to prevent any situation in the area.
A special squad will also be sent to the Southern Range on the direction of IGP Chandra Fernando to assist the displaced persons following the tsunami tidal waves, DIG Herath said.
Colombo North Senior SP H. S. Dayananda, SP H. A. K. Nanayakkara, ASP Bandula Wijewardena, City Traffic ASP Anton Prabath Sirikumara, Chief Inspector D. S. Jayasinghe, OIC, Grandpass Police, Chief Inspector U. S. Bandaranayake, OIC, Modera and Sergeant Senanayake of the Colombo DIG's Office also participated in the Counselling meeting.
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