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Nearly 50 Acres Of VLand Belonging To Valalpaluwa Reserve Had Been Destroyed

Nearly 50 acres of Land around  nearly 200 hectare  Valpaluwa reserve in Mahakumbukkadawala ,Puttalam

had been destroyed due to a sudden fire erupted in this morning (17) according to reports .

Sri Lanka Army and Navy Personal have doused the fire before spreading it further after being informed by Disaster Management Unit .

The fire was erupted as a group of persons had lit the fire to nearby paddy field it ha been revealed.

Due to the fire several crops in nearby lands including cashew nuts  had been destroyed and birds and peacock eggs also destroyed it has been reported .

Health Minister To Propose Government To Increase "Special Arrack " Price

Health Minister Dr.Rajitah Senaratne has today (17) said that he will proposed the Government to increase the price of Local Liqour variety Special Arrack known as "Gal Arakku" in view of protecting the people from non communicable diseases .

Through the 2019-Annual Budget prices of all liquor products including Beer and Wine as well as cigarettes ,Tobacco and Beedi had been increased except "Special Arrack" which mostly used by village people .

Whilst thanking Minister Of Finance Mangala Samaraweera for increasing the prices of Liquor and Tobacco products through the budget  Minister has stressed that the price of Special Arrack too should be increased to protect people .

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Eight Persons Had Been Injured Due To A Road Accident In Vavuniya

Eight Persons had been injured Three of them critically and hospitalized  after the Van they

were travelling in veering off the road and crashed into a Palm Tree nearby at Thandikulam area in Vavunaiy this morning (17).

The injured who are residents of Chilaw area had been admitted to Vavuniya District Hospital for treatment .

The incident occurred when the group of persons had visited Jaffna and on the way home it has been revealed.

Vavuniya Police are conducting an investigations over the incident.

Education Ministry Is Planning To Make Health Studies As A Compulsory Subject For G.C.E O/Level Examination -Health Minister

To educate School Children more on Non Communicable Diseases Education Ministry is planning to make Health Studies as a compulsory subject for G.C.E O/Level examination accordance to a request made by Health Ministry with  effect from 2022 according to Health Minister Dr.Rajitah Senaratne.

National Education Institute is currently preparing to announce this soon Minister has stressed during a Press Briefing held at Government Information Department in Narahenpita today (17).

Color Code System Is implementing on Sweet Products Including Biscuits To Minimize The Spreading Of NCD's In The Country-Dr.Lakshman Gamlath

The Color Code system known as Traffic Light system will be implemented on solid and half solid Sweet products including Biscuits to display sugar,fat and salt content in those products in view of  minimizing  the spreading of Non Communicable Diseases(NCD's) including Heart Diseases and Cancers in the country according to Deputy Director General Of Health Services (Food Control) Dr.Lakshman Gamlath .

Addressing a press briefing held Information Department in Narahenpita this morning (17) Dr.Gamlath has stressed that accordance to the Color Code System Red Circle will be used to display if the sugar content is more than 22 grammes per 100 grammes of the product ,salt content is more than 1.25 grammes per 100 grammes of the product and Fat content is  more than 17.5 grammes per 100 Grammes of the product .

If the sugar content is 8 to 22 grammes per 100 Grammes ,Salt Content is 0.25 to 1.25 Grammes  per 100 Grammes and Fat content is 3 to 17.5 Grammes per 100 Grammes Yellow circle will be used on the wrapper of the product to indicate the medium content levels and green circle will be used to indicate low sugar ,salt and fat levels including Sugar content is below 8 grammes ,less than 0.25 grammes of Salt and less then 3 grammes of fat per 100 grammes of the product.

However this Color code system is not implemented on vegetables ,fruits ,liquid milk ,food items packed in small packs ,Tea,Coffee,Water bottles,Infant Milk Powder ,Large Packs containing food and the food items recommended by the doctors Dr.Gamlath has stated.

Minister Dr.Rajitah Senaratne has said that when the Color code system has been implemented on Soft drinks in 2016 not much publicity given prior to the implementation,However accordance to a survey carried out in 2018 it shows  around 58 percent of the school children have been aware on the system and 38 percent of School Children have paid attention towards the system  .