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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2018-10-16
Construction of Rural Bridges
- The Government has identified the need to construct 4,000 rural bridges in order to improve the economic development of the rural areas and to minimize the disparities existing in the Divisional development between Provinces. In this context, 1,000 bridges have been constructed by now under the Rural Bridges Construction Project with foreign financial assistance. Accordingly, the proposal made by Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe, the Prime Minister in his capacity as the Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs, to enter into Agreements to secure the additional funds necessary for the construction of a further 250 rural bridges under the original project, was approved by the Cabinet.