The Megapolis and Western Development ministry has received cabinet approval to develop land in Peliyagoda where 600 houses are to be built for low-income earning families.
The alloted land will be developed at a cost of Rs 217.34 by the Land Reclamation and Development Authority. Measures such as building a wall around the land and cleaning the canal which runs through the area will take place in due course.
A total of Rs 190 billion has been allocated in order to provide 40,000 houses for low-income earning families in the Colombo district.
At present, 8380 families have received their houses while 7400 families are expected to receive houses under the proposed construction project in Peliyagoda.
A cabinet proposal suggesting the development of the land in Peliyagoda was put forward before cabinet by Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday (Apr 02).
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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