Sajith provides housing for sportsmen and women
Sajith Premadasa, Minister of Housing Construction and Cultural Affairs in a generous gesture has presented a total of 41 houses to promising sportsmen and sportswomen of the country.
Among the recipients have been athletes, cricketers, disabled cricketers, netball players, bodybuilders, karatekas, weightlifters, boxers and judokas.
In addition, the Minister also sponsored the air tickets of the Sri Lanka Netball Squad (12 players and three officials) which is currently touring Botswana in their preparations for the Netball World Cup in England.
Following are the sportsmen and sportswomen who have received houses: Athletics - Gayanthika Abeyratne, Nimali Liyanarachchi, Romeshika Ratnayake, Tharanga Vinodani, Chandrika Subashini Rasnayake, Nadeeka Lakmali, Nadeesha Ramanayake, Eranga Rasheela Dulakshi,
Manjula Kumara Wijesekera, Lakshini Sarangi Silva and Parami Wasanthi.
Cricket - Nipun Ransika, Dimuthu Raveendra
(disabled) and Rajitha Asanka (disabled). Bodybuilding - Lucien Anton Pushparaj. Karate - Dinusha Kumari and Vihanghi Sashenka. Para Athletics -Amara Indumathi and Amila
Prashan Warnakulauriya. Weightlifting - Indika Chaturanga Dissanayake, Dinusha Hansani Gomes, Chaturanga Lakmal, Chathurika Priyanthi and Ransilu Jayatilleke. Judo - Chamara Nuwan Dharmawardena. Boxing-Anus ha Di l ru ks hiKodituwakku,t hi vanka Sandaruwan Ranasinghe and Ishan Ranjeeva Seneviratne.
Angampora - Noel Ajantha Perera.
Netball - Chaturangi Jayasuriya, Dharshika Abey wick re ma, thar jan i S iv a ling am, gay a ni Dissanayake, Gayanjali Amarawansa, Nauchali Rajapaksa, Hasitha Mendis, Surekha Kumari, Du langiC ham athka Wan ni th ilaka,t hi li ni Wattegedera, Dulanga Dananji and Elilenthini Sethukavalar.