The special train on a humanitarian mission, that carried relief items for the flood victims in the North, commenced its journey from Matara in the South on December 31, reached Kilinochchi Railway Station on January 01 around 2.30 p.m.

When the people in the South were affected by the floods, extending the hands of the brotherhood of the Northern people, the humanitarian train from North to South arrived and this mission was organized by the ‘Purawesi Athwela’ programme of the Presidential Secretariat and at the time of people in the North faced a catastrophe situation, the people in the South also extended their hands of brotherhood to the people in the North.
The ‘Purawesi Athwela’ programme of the Presidential Secretariat and the President’s Media Unit participated in this mission with the blessings of President Maithripala Sirisena.
The train that carried relief items commenced its journey from Matara around 2.30 p.m. on December 31 and the relief items collected under the guidance of the Galle District Secretary as well as the voluntary activists of the ‘Purawesi Athwela’ programme were handed over to the train at the Galle Railway Station.
The train that carried relief items reached the Colombo Railway Station at 6.30 a.m. on January 01 and the relief items were collected at the Ragama, Gampaha, Veyangoda, Meerigama, Polgahawela, Kurunegala, Ganewatta, Mahawa, Galgamuwa and Anuradhapura railway stations.
Many donated items including dry rations, drinking water, school equipment, dresses, sanitary items and medicines were carried in this train to distribute among the people in the North. All those donations were officially handed over to the Kilinochchi District Secretary at the Kilinochchi Railway Station.
Many private institutions and entrepreneurs joined hands with this meritorious task.