Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2018-09-18

Construction of Pre-Cast Disaster Resilient Houses for the people residing in Disaster Prone Areas

- The proposal made by Hon. Duminda Dissanayake, the Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources & Disaster Management, to enter into agreements for the implementation of the project for the construction of 10,000 Pre-cast Disaster Resilient houses for the resettlement of families residing in disaster prone areas in terms of the proposal submitted by M/s China Railway Beijing Engineering Group Co. Ltd. and Yapka Construction (Pvt.) Ltd. for the purpose and to construct 1,170 houses in Ratnapura and Kalutara and other districts with an investment of Rs.2,530.5 million at its first phase, was approved by the Cabinet.