US $ 10.5 Million has been allocated to recommence the construction of Kurinchakerny Bridge facilitating the transport and business needs of approximately one hundred thousand residents in the Divisional Secretariat
Division of Kinniya in Trincomalee District. The revised agreement in order to allocate the remaining funds of the Peradeniya Badulla Chankaladi Road Development Project was signed by Mahinda Siriwardana, Secretary to Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and Abdulmohsen A Almudla, Director (Legal) of the Saudi Fund for Development.
Through the revised agreement, it is expected to transfer funds to be remained in the aforesaid project into Road Network Development Project and to mobilize the same towards construction of the Kurinchakerny Bridge. It is envisaged to provide solutions to,many transport difficulties by construction of this bridge, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement.
The Colombo–Kandy main road at Pahala Kadugannawa has been closed indefinitely after a deadly rockfall in the area that left six people dead and four others injured.
The Cyclonic Storm “Ditwah” moved further north from Trincomalee today evening leaving a trail of destruction including more than 90 deaths, over 100 missing and tens of thousands displaced, officials said.
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A third rescue attempt to save 28 people trapped on the rooftop of a farm building in Vithikuliya, Nikaweratiya, has failed due to the dangerous water surge from the Deduru Oya.
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