Rural road project begins in June

Nimal Wijesinghe - Anuradhapura Additional district group correspondent

The massive rural roads rehabilitation project in the North Central Province funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will be inaugurated next June.

The ADB has agreed to grant a loan facility of Rs. 7,000 million to the North Central Provincial Road Development Authority.

ADB project office Engineer K.M.L.J. Chandrasiri told the Daily News that foreign and local tenders for the rehabilitation of 24 main rural roads to the length of 275 kilometres and the construction of six major bridges will close on May 4. General Manager of PRDA, Senarath Pushpakumara said the dilapidated roads are located in Maradankadawala, Minneriya, Horowpathana Nochchiyagama Executive Engineers' divisions.

"We intend to commence the five year development project with the commissioning of construction work of Gonapathirawa-Senapura-Kagama-Akkara 500 main rural road, which is 13 kilometres in length.