Material aid to affected areas supplied

Chamikara Weerasinghe

COLOMBO: The Ministry of Nation Building and Development, has supplied all material aid required by the displaced people in the Northeast within a few hours on the instructions of the President.

Director, Essential Services of the Ministry, Somapala Silva said the Ministry had sent 45,000 food packets with each food packet containing dry rations, 50,000 coconuts, and 5,000 packs of both infant and adult milk powder to the areas of Muttur, Kantale, Serunuwara and Kinya for the last few days.

"The Ministry had spent Rs. 38.57 million up to now," Silva said.

"The Ministry had made an allocation of Rs. 500,000 for each Divisional Secretary in these areas," he said.

"We also distributed 10,000 plastic mats, plates and cups to Muttur and Kantale," he said.

We also gave away some 1,250 roofing sheets to the affected civillians to build temporary houses, he said.

"We are doing this on a daily basis until the situation returns to normal, he said.

"The Ministry under its WFO programme, sends twenty lorries with relief, including infant milk, coconuts, spices, dhal and other essentials to thousands of displaced in Muttur and Kantale," he added that the Ministry was prepared to face any emergency.