INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday agreed in Parliament that the demands of the disabled War Heroes who staged a Sathyagraha
opposite the Fort Railway Station were reasonable and said that the government was in the process of solving the issue.The Minister
explained that the proposals had been sent to the Defence Ministry for their recommendations regarding the grant of a 100 percent pension
and 75 percent pension to the fully and partially disabled War Heroes respectively at their retirement and the Defence Ministry has
He added that hence the issue would be solved without delay.
