All development projects scheduled for this year under the Gamperaliya rapid rural development programme should be completed before August 31, the General Treasury has informed all District Secretaries.
Furthermore, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and Media Dr.R.H.S. Samaratunge has instructed all the District Secretaries regarding the implementation of the Gamperaliya Programme. Under this programme, the General Treasury has allocated LKR 300 million for each electoral division totaling LKR 48 billion for 2019 for public welfare projects and public infrastructure development projects.
“The General Treasury has also informed that the payments for all the development projects implemented investing this money should be settled before the end of September this year,” the General Treasury said.
During the conspiratorial government that came into office on October 26th, the first cabinet paper that was submitted the then government was to abolish the Gamperaliya programme implemented by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera.
Samaraweera also said that he will allocate an additional LKR 100 million to each electorate with the total funding now coming to 300 million per electorate. The Gamperaliya programme will cover a dozen sectors including the irrigation renovation, road infrastructure development, construction of small bridges, playground development, drainage system development in the urban areas, weekly fair and children’s park development, drinking water projects, and power supply projects for poor families.
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