Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2017-08-15

Obtaining vehicles and machinery for the institutions under the purview of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Wildlife

- Having taken into consideration, the proposal made by Hon. Gamini Jayawickrema Perera, the Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife, to obtain vehicles and machinery essential for enhancing the performance of the Department of Wildlife Conservation, the Department of National Zoological Gardens and the Department of National Botanical Gardens which come under the purview of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Wildlife, Cabinet approval was granted to provide an allocation for the purpose in the year 2018 and 2019 and as the initial step to allocate a sum of Rs. 500 million in the year 2018.