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Yasarath Kamalsiri, the producer of the news item

SIRASA TV WINS AN AWARD FOR THE NEWS ITEM ON MAHAVILACHCHIYA

UPDATED: March 18, 2008

Sirasa TV won the award for the best news reporting at the State Tele Awards for the news item it did on Mahavilachchiya’s mesh internet project. Yasarath Kamalsiri was the producer of the news item. The award ceremony was held at BMICH, Colombo yesterday (March 17, 2008.)

You can watch the news item on YouTube by clicking this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt1ZdfQVp7E The video clip of the news item which was uploaded to YouTube has drawn more than 30,000 hits.

We congratulate Yasarath Kamalsiri and Sirasa TV.