Cabinet decisions
Rs. 2000m set aside to purchase Maha harvest
The Cabinet has approved a memorandum submitted by the Agriculture
Development and Agrarian Services Minister for the purchase of the Maha
paddy harvests at a cost of Rs. 2000 million to prevent private dealers
from making bulk purchases and causing price hikes of rice of Samba and
Naadu varieties.
Official housing scheme on Keppetipola Mawatha
The Cabinet has approved a memorandum submitted by Public
Administration and Home Affairs Minister Karu Jayasuriya, to award the
contract to construct official houses in Keppetipola Mawatha to State
Development and Design Corporation.
27 new post offices
The Cabinet has approved a memorandum submitted by Acting Posts and
Telecommunication Minister M. S. Sellasamy, to entrust the construction
of 27 new post office buildings to the Central Engineering Consultancy
Bureau on a turnkey basis.
Southern Expressway segment to be
completed
The Cabinet has approved a memorandum submitted by Highways and Road
Development Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, for the construction and
completion of the Southern Expressway from Kurundugaha Sathapma to
Godagama in Matara by 2010 by labour of local contractors.
The National Contractors’ Association of Sri Lanka (NCASL) has agreed
to comply with the request.
National platform for solid waste
management
The Cabinet has approved a memorandum submitted by Environment and
Natural Resources Minister, Patali Champika Ranawake for the
establishment of a national platform to facilitate solid waste
management.
This memorandum was presented as a joint paper together with the
Local Government and Provincial Councils Minister. All solid waste
management project proposals would be handed over to this body
accordingly.
Education development fund for
plantation community
The Cabinet has approved a memorandum submitted by the Community
Development and Social Inequity Eradication Minister P. Chandrasekaran
to establish an education development fund for the plantation community.
Amendments approved to the
Incorporation Order for overseas projects
The Cabinet has approved a memorandum submitted by Construction and
Engineering Services Minister, Rajitha Senaratne, to introduce
amendments to the Incorporation Order to cover the undertaking of
overseas projects.
The Ministry has been successful in securing a foreign contract for
the “Construction of Villas’ in Doha, Qatar amounting to Rs. 13,050m.
Under the present policy of rejuvenating state sector organisations, the
State Engineering Corporation is being restructured and its operations
streamlined to meet present day challenges.
Regional market for liquid milk to be
promoted
The Cabinet has approved a memorandum submitted by the Livestock
Development Minister R. M. C. B. Ratnayake, to promote a regional market
for liquid milk. Rs. 35m has been allocated from the budget for the
promotion of liquid milk. |
