Renovation of Buildings in Vavuniya Division

The building of Vavuniya Division Crime Bureau, the building of Vavuniya Division Special Crime Investigation Bureau and the building of children and women bureau at Echchankulam in Vavuniya Division which were renovated under the program of developing police stations in the Northern Province with physical facilities and pleasant surroundings, were declared open on 26.09.2025 under the leadership of the Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Northern Province, Mr. Thilak C.A. Dhanapala.

One of the main objectives of these projects is to familiarize the police station with the children and women in the Tamil community, the majority of the area, by making the police station a more inviting and pleasant place for the people to lodge complaints.

The quarters allocated for the police sergeants of the Vavuniya Police Station have also been properly repaired and modernized. Senior officers of the division, including Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Wanni Range, Shamantha Wijesekera, and Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of the Vavuniya Division, W. A. Somaratne Wijayamuni, participated in the opening ceremony to hand over all these facilities to the officers.