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Janata Party presi-dent SubramanianSwamy on Tuesdaydemanded that theUnion government setup a Commission ofInquiry into India’s rolein the 2008-09 anti-LTTEterrorist operations inSri Lanka and itsnational security impli-cations.

The UPA govern-ment’s refusal to pro-vide heavy artillery andair force support for theSri Lanka operationagainst the LTTE hadenabled Pakistan to setup a base in the islandby providing the

requested militaryassistance, he alleged.Dr. Swamy said that hisparty would work forthe defeat of theDravida MunnetraKazhagam in the com-ing Assembly elections.He told a press confer-ence here that the polit-ical affairs committeeof the State unit wouldmeet in Madurai onJanuary 18.

The party wouldcontest more seats onthe plank of combatingcorruption, he added.

He expressed appre-hension that the elec-tion would see a num-

ber of empty promises,including free housesfor all. “Whether thesepromises would betranslated into reality,no one knows.”

Dr. Swamy alsoannounced that hewould move the court ifall the allotments ofhouse sites andflats/houses madeunder the governmentdiscretionary quotawere not cancelled byPongal. “This scam isas big as that of AdarshHousing Society scan-dal of Mumbai.”

(The Hindu)

Probe India’s refusalto help in anti-LTTEoperations – Swamy

Proprietor of Calton Sweet House (Pvt) Limited Deshamanya D.Somachandra de Silva says there is growing demand for rice flour-based products. Addressing the media at Hotel Ceylon Continentalrecently, de Silva said that there was a good market for good qualityand reasonably priced products. Somachandra recently won thebest entrepreneur award in the Western Province in the food catego-ry from the Sri Lanka Industrial Development Board. The Negombo-based enterprise launched its operations way back in 1989.Somachandra said that over the past 20 years, he had achieved suc-cess in three other fields. (Photo-A section of the Calton workers)

BY IFHAM NIZAM

Public Utility Commission of SriLanka (PUCSL) Chairman Dr. JayatissaDe Costa on Wednesday (Dec 12) said thattheir primary aim was to provide relief tothe debt-ridden CEB.

Addressing the media, at theGovernment Information Department,the President’s Counsel said that thePUCSL wanted the CEB to breakeven atleast by 2015. De Costa said that the CEBcouldn’t continue to provide diesel at sub-sidized rate and a revision of power tar-iffs was necessary.

Although the CEB had expected addi-tional revenue of about Rs. 24 billionfrom the tariff increase proposed earlier,it would now have to be content with onlyRs.12 billion due a decision to impose aneight per cent increase for those who con-

sumed above 120 units a month, thePublic Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka(PUCSL) said. Earlier the PUCSL pro-posed to impose the hike for those usingabove 90 units a month.

De Costa said the decision to accom-modate those who used 120 units a monthin a relief package would deprive theCEB of about Rs. 400 million.

The PUCSL, after much deliberation,public hearings and consultation with

consumers, private power suppliers andindustrialists, suggested to the govern-ment a tariff increase of 8% for con-sumers who use more than 90 units amonth. However, President MahindaRajapaksa on Tuesday directed thePUCSL/Power Ministry to provide reliefto those using 120 units a month.

With effect from January those con-suming 30 units a month would becharged Rs 120. See chart for rates.

PUCSL main aim to providerelief to debt-ridden CEB

Number of units monthly payment

60 Rs 26190 546120 1296.80 to 1401180 2647 to 2841300 6604 to 7161600 16354 to 17,961

BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE

KANDY: Panwila police at dawnyesterday (Wednesday 29) arrestedeleven persons, including a yellowrobed (cheevaradhariya), allegedlydigging the ground for treasure inUnanagala Estate in the PanwilaPradeshiya Sabha Division.

Police also took into custody aluxury high-roof Nissan van andarticles used to dig for treasure.

Police suspect that another vehi-cle, which arrived at the site, hadbeen driven away. Police believe thatthe treasure hunters had taken somechildren in the vehicle for a sacrificebut it had disappeared for someunknown reason.

Police are on the trail of the vehi-cle.

The eleven suspects were pro-duced before Teldeniya MagistratePrasanna Liyanage who remandedthem till January 06.

The suspectswere cheevaradariAdaragodaGunaratana (53),said to be a schoolmaster, fromKuttigala,Embilipitiya,Tilak Rajapaksa(Nakulugamuwa),Niroshan Kumara(Wattegama),NissankaUdayakumara(Menikhinna), M.P. Gamini(astrologer fromMenikhinna),Nilantha Perera(Wattegama),SampathWijeratne(Menikhinna),Buddhika Gayan(Dambulla),DumindaRajapaksa(Ampara), K.Roshan(Dambulla) andSaman KumaraPrematilaka(Menikhinna).

The vehiclebelonged to a per-son in Dambulla,police said.

The raid, on atip off, was con-ducted by PanwilaOIC IP, RohanMunasinga, SIThusithaHettiarachchi anda posse of police-men.

Investigationsare being conduct-ed on the direc-tions of SeniorDIG GaminiNawaratne, DIGJayantaGammanpila andDivision SSPRanjithKasthuriratne.

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