The Indian High Commission and the Sri Lanka–India Parliamentary Friendship Association with the assistance of the Urban Development and Housing Ministry inaugurated the ‘Sri Lanka – India Friendship Arch’ at the National Sandalwood Garden, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte yesterday (8).
The event commenced with the unveiling of the ‘Sri Lanka–India Friendship Arch’ by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana who was the chief guest at the event, along with Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha. Minister Prasanna Ranatunga, office-bearers of Sri Lanka–India Parliamentary Friendship Association, including Parliamentarians M.A. Sumanthiran, Dr. V. Radhakrishnan and Jagath Kumara Sumithraarachchi, and senior officials joined in planting murutha tree saplings in an arch-shaped tract at the National Sandalwood Garden.
The event was organised as a part of the #Plant4Mother campaign launched by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on World Environment Day 2024. Prime Minister Modi launched the campaign on June 5 by planting a Bodhi Tree sapling at Buddha Jayanti Park in New Delhi. He called upon everyone in India and abroad to join the movement. In India, the campaign envisages planting 800 million trees by September 2024 and 1.4 billion trees by March 2025 following a ‘whole of Government’ and ‘whole of society’ approach.
The inauguration of the ‘Sri Lanka – India Friendship Arch’ is a testament to the long-standing friendship between the two nations. It signifies the shared vision to enhance and deepen the bilateral partnership for mutually beneficial and sustainable economic growth.
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