Five year plan to develop three districts

Shirley Wijesinghe

A five year plan to invest Rs. 994 million in 1,052 projects in Colombo, Kalutara and Gampaha districts has got underway.

A Western Provincial Local Government Department official told the Daily News the projects will be launched in 48 Local Authority Institutes through the Assistant Local Government Commissioner’s offices of the three districts.

The projects are specially targeted for the development of human resources management, solid waste management, revenue collection, rehabilitation activities of small scale bridges in low income local authorities, road system and information technology services of the local bodies. The Western Province is a densely populated province with a population of 5,622,274 in an area of 3684 square miles.