- the Government has already allocated necessary financial provision in the 2015 Budget for the construction of 50,000 houses for the community living in estate related areas including the families facing landslide risks. Under this programme, action is being taken jointly by the Urban Development Authority and the Ministry of Livestock and Rural Community Development, on priority basis, through the Plantation Human Development Trust, for the construction of houses for the estates identified as high risk zones by the National Building Research Organization (NBRO), including the estate which was subjected to the recent landslide disaster. The proposal made by Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera, Minister of Disaster Management, to proceed with the activities relating to the identification of areas which are vulnerable to landslide disasters through suitable technical methodologies and taking measures to minimize landslide risks, was approved by the Cabinet.