An ambulance water craft, built by the Sri Lanka Navy on the request of Governor of the Northern Province, Hon. H.M.G.S. Palihakkara for the benefit of civilians in the northern islands was ceremonially handed over to His Excellency the President Maithripala Sirisena by the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Mr. Karunasena Hettiarachchi at Killinochchi on 5th October 2015.

Sri Lanka Navy assisted the Sri Lanka Coast Guard to arrest 07 Indian fishermen with a fishing trawler poaching in Sri Lankan waters in the seas north east of Point Pedro in Jaffna on 01st October 2015.

The Sri Lanka Navy granted one million rupees as death compensation to the father of the late Ordinary Seaman PGS Pushpakumara, who had died under tragic circumstances.

The Navy’s first ever open triathlon championship is gathering momentum attracting generous sponsorships from renowned companies in the island.

e Navy provided necessary assistance to the areas affected by the prevailing adverse weather conditions in the island.

The literary festival organized by the Rambewa Divisional Secretariat in collaboration with the Department of cultural Affairs was held at the reception hall of the Rambewa Divisional Secretariat on 29th September 2015 under the Navy’s patronage.

A special yoga programme was conducted at the Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake Auditorium of SLNS Parakrama on 30th September 2015 under the patronage of the President of the Navy Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Yamuna Wijegunaratne.

Under the patronage of the Commander Northern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Piyal de Silva, two field eye clinics were conducted at Madagal and Karainagar on 24th and 25th September 2015 respectively to treat the eye patients of remote areas in the Northern Naval Area.

The Chief Hydrographer of the Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral Sisira Jayakody and senior officials of the Survey Department of Sri Lanka inspected the Bench Mark (BM) Network established by the SLN Hydrographic Survey Unit in the Nothern Naval Area (NNA) on 25th Sep 2015.

In response to a request made to the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Colombo manned by the Sri Lanka Navy, an SLN craft rendered assistance to bring an acutely ill patient who had been onboard the merchant tanker, Horin Trader, ashore for emergency medical treatment on 29th September 2015.