- The Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion has prepared a project proposal for the rehabilitation and improvement of rural roads covering all the 160 electorates in Sri Lanka. The objective of this project is to improve rural roads which will have a greater impact on the day to day lives of the people living in the villages. It will also provide an opportunity for the people of the area to participate in the development activities through the implementation of road development projects identified by the community based organizations in the area concerned. It is also intended herein to generate employment opportunities at village level, by way of supplying raw material and manufacturing concrete blocks. The proposal made by Mr. Kabir Hashim, Minister of Highways, Higher Education and Investment Promotion, to implement the above project, was approved by the Cabinet.