The fourth Deyata Kirula exhibition staged in Kandy

The fourth Deyata Kirula exhibition staged in Kandy to coincide with Independence Day will be opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Pallekelle International Buddhist Research centre premises on February 4 at 4 p.m.

The exhibition features about 300 State and private sector stalls.

The exhibition spread over an area of about 51 acres.

The exhibition titled Pelanda Ek Kirulak - Nevum Heta Davasak will continue daily till February 10.

The road network in Kundasale was rehabilitated at a cost of Rs. 50 million in preparation for the exhibition, said Minister Keheliya Rambukwella.

The armed forces and the police, including its para military wing, the STF will display arms and equipment captured from the LTTE at Deyata Kirula exhibition at Pallekele, Kandy, for seven days, beginning February 4. Government sources said that of the 51-acre exhibition site, about nine would be utilised by the police and security forces.

Sources said that this would be the first Deyata Kirula exhibition since the end of the war last May.