A programme initiated by the Department of National Community Water Supply to supply clean drinking water to 1000 villages across 25 districts, will commence tomorrow (Mar 01).
The aim of the project is to provide clean drinking water for the next 10 years to villages where pipe water cannot be provided.
Issuing a media release, the Ministry of City Planning and Water Supply said that the project will be completed in a year with a total estimate of Rs 10 billion and is expected to benefit 500,000 people.
The project would be launched tomorrow under the patronage of Minister Rauff Hakeem and State Minister Lucky Jayawardena.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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