Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2012-05-03

Rehabilitation of National Highways with Concrete Surfacing through Domestic Contractors - rehabilitation of the section of road from 5.00 to 16.28 km on Pannala - Kuliyapitiya road (B356) and Kuliyapitiya - Hettipola Road (B243) from 0 to 15.69 km.

- the above two roads are to be rehabilitated under the above programme. the proposal made by H.E. the President, in his capacity as the Minister of Ports and Highways, to award the above contract, on the recommendation of the Standing Cabinet Appointed Procurement Committee for a contract sum of Rs.1,995,000,000.00, on a loan to be provided by Bank of Ceylon, was approved by the Cabinet.