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[May 9, 2005 - 10.30 GMT] President Chandrika Kumaratunga yesterday stressed the need for partners of the Alliance Government to work with collective responsibility for the benefit of the country without attempting to increase individual party stakes within the Government. President who was in Anuradhapura for the inauguration of the second phase of the government’s Dahasak Vewu renovation program said, “The SLFP and the JVP signed the agreement after sorting out our differences. So we should work for the benefit of the country and its people without trying to make one party's share a big one". Under Dahasak Maha Wev project, 10,000 irrigation tanks will be renovated throughout the country within the next four years. The national project was inaugurated from the site of the historic Yapahuwa Kingdom on August 19, 2004. Under the second stage of the project, 1,500 abandoned tanks and irrigation systems are planned to be renovated. President Kumaratunga said the Government has the task of renovating 1500 tanks within this year and added that it would be better if Provincial Councils too repaired tanks under their purview parallel to this program. Thousands of villagers participated at the ceremony to contribute their labour voluntarily to renovate the tank with the hope it will help cultivate their paddy lands. Prime Minister Mahinda
Rajapakse, Agriculture, and Lands Minister Anura Kumara Dissanayake and
other Ministers were present at the occasion.
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