Project line to develop Upcountry

Ramani Kangaraarchchi

KANDY: The Upcountry Peasantry Rehabilitation Department is to complete Rs. 18 million rehabilitation work by the end of this year. Commissioner of the Department S. Kumarihamy said that people of eight districts will benefit from 65 infrastructure projects undertaken by the Department, such as water supply, roads, electricity and community halls.

Twenty projects have already been completed and the rest nearing completion, she said. Out of 65 projects 37 over Kandy district, eight for Ratnapura district and the rest is in Matale, Nuwara Eliya, Badulla, Moneragala, Kegalle and Ampara districts. Each district will receive three or four projects.

A new building for the department is also under construction at a cost of Rs. 8 million. Rs. 3.5 million has been set apart for this purpose, the Commissioner said.