Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2016-10-25

Assessment of damages to the houses and property due to sudden disasters

- Granting of disaster relief has been delayed due to the lack of an appropriate number of trained field officers to assess the damages caused to the houses and property, immediately, after a disaster situation. As a solution to the problem, the proposal made by Hon. Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, the Minister of Disaster Management, to obtain the services of 30 retired trained Technical Officers at the Divisional Secretariat level for a period of 03 months, and make use of their services to assess the damages caused due to the explosion that occurred at the Salawa Army Camp, the landslides that occurred due to the heavy rains that fell in the Kegalle District and the floods that occurred in May 2016, and for the payment of compensation expeditiously to the people whose houses and properties were damaged, was approved by the Cabinet.