- the Urban Development Authority has identified the following two projects to be implemented very early in the Kegalle Town:

* development of a Super Market Complex to be implemented in a vacant land abutting the newly constructed Nidahas Mawatha in Kegalle and the project is to be funded through pre-sale of shops. It is proposed to entrust the construction work to the Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau (CECB); and

* shifting of the Bus Depot presently located in the heart of Kegalle Town, to a location at Paragammana identified by the Urban Development Authority. The General Treasury has already allocated Rs.428.0 million for the project. It is proposed to entrust the contract of drainage improvement and land filling of the new site to the Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation (SLLR&DC).

The above proposals made by H.E. the President, in his capacity as the Minister of Defence and Urban Development, was approved by the Cabinet.