Flood affected areas:

Treasury allocates more funds

Over Rs 350 m already released:

A provision over Rs 350 million has already been released by now from the General Treasury to the District Secretaries through the Disaster Management Ministry and another Rs 500 million has been already allocated for flood affected areas.

Due to the unfavourable weather conditions in the island, the heaviest damage has occurred in the Batticaloa district, Rs 100 million has been granted by the General Treasury to provide relief for the people in that area. In addition to the above, Rs 50.5 million has been granted for Ampara, Rs 43 million for Trincomalee, Rs 33 million for Vavuniya and Rs 23.8 million for the Polonnaruwa districts.

Rs 17.1 million has been allocated for Mannar, Rs 6.4 million for Mulaitivu, Rs 5 million for Kilinochchi and Rs 1.6 million for Jaffna districts to provide relief for the disaster stricken.

Rs 10.5 million has been allocated for Matale, Rs 4.5 million for Nuwara Eliya and Rs 3.8 million for Kandy Districts for those affected by earthslips.

Rs 23 million has been granted to the Badulla and Rs 3.2 million for the Moneragala districts.

In addition to the above, Rs one million each has been granted for Matara, Hambantota and Kegalle districts. As such, a total provision of over Rs 350 million has been granted to the District Secretaries by the Treasury for expeditious relief to the disaster stricken.

A further Rs 210 million has been released by the Treasury to grant disaster stricken public servants a salary advance loan.

All financial requirements requested by the Disaster Management Ministry and District Secretaries have been fulfilled by the Treasury and further measures have been taken to allocate provision in future on such requests of the District Secretaries and the Disaster Management Ministry.