Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2019-10-01

Construction of Pre Cast Disaster Resilient Houses for the People Residing in the Disaster Prone Areas

- The approval of the Cabinet has been granted previously to construct 400 houses in the Kalutara and Ratnapura Districts under Phase 01 of the Project on constructing Pre‑Cast Disaster Resilient Houses for the people residing in disaster prone areas. By now, lands have been identified to resettle 500 families in the Badulla District and 50 families in the Moneragala District in close proximity to the District boundary of the Badulla District. Accordingly, the proposal made by the Minister of Public Administration, Disaster Management and Livestock Development to construct the first 100 houses in the Badulla and Moneragala districts with the objective of resettling of the said 550 families under Phase 01 of the project, was approved by the Cabinet.