Memorandum of understanding on “Integrated Road Investment Program (iRoad) for Rehabilitation / Improvement and Maintenance of Rural Roads” was signed between the Chairman Mr.N.R.Sooriyarachchi, Road Development Authority and Mr.A.Pathinathan, Chief Secretary, Northern Provincial Council on behalf of the Northern Provincial Council on 15th June 2016 at Chief Secretary's Secretariat, Jaffna. Asian Development Bank(ADB) as a funding agent for this project.

A two day’s Workshop on “ Provincial Administration and Finance” for Senior Officials had been organized in collaboration with the Institute of Constitutional Studies (ICS) of Sri Lanka which was held on the 13th & 14th , June 2016, at the Tilko Jaffna City Hotel.

A ceremony held to grant letters of appointment to Grade III and Training Grade of Technical Officer (Civil) in the Northern Provincial Technological Service on 10 June 2016 at Conference hall of Chief Minister’s Ministry, Northern Provincial Council.

The Chief Secretary A. Pathinathan was signed the agreement on behalf of Provincial Council with Colombo Dockyard PLC for the construction of a passenger launch for Delft people which can carry up to 80 passengers at a time.

Chief Secretary’s Cluster organized friendly cricket & badminton tournaments between the departments under the cluster to mark the Sports & Physical Health Promotion week declared by the Presidential Secretariat.

A series of seminars on Modern Techniques & Strategy for Better Performance & Higher Productivity has been organized to enhance the productivity of the Northern Province administration.