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Supplementary estimates of over Rs. 1 billion allocated
Rs.100 million has been allocated from funds of the President’s Secretariat as a supplementary allocation to renovate the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre ahead of November’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
The opening ceremony of CHOGM will be held at the Theatre which was opened last September.
A supplementary allocation of Rs. 100 million has also been made to improve the facilities at the BMICH for CHOGM, according to documents tabled in Parliament last week. The supplementary allocations have been made from the Budgetary Support Services and Contingency Liabilities Project from the Department of National Budget.
Meanwhile a supplementary allocation of Rs. 193 million has been made to the Police Department to purchase water cannon equipment under the Indian Line of Credit while the Department of National Budget has allocated Rs. 650 million pay the interest for leasing vehicles.
All the supplementary estimates had been made in June and July this year.
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