Rs 3,300 million allocated for Divi Neguma:

Massive development in Kalutara

H L Sunil Shantha - Kalutara Daily News corr

Seventy six thousand families have been selected for the Divi Neguma programme in the Kalutara district, said Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa at a meeting of the Kalutara District Development Committee held at the Kalutara District Secretariat recently.

“The ministry has allocated Rs 3,300 million for this year for the expenses of the social well-being and development work of the Kalutara district, covering 283,224 families including the Divi Neguma beneficiaries,” the minister said.

The money was allocated by the minister, for development work in 14 AGA divisions, 762 grama niladhari divisions, 2,514 villages and 8 electorates, in 1,607 square kilometres of the Kalutara district.

Rajapaksa instructed the officials to spend the financial allocations for the restoration and development work and for the citizen’s well-being. minister Rajapaksa said that this money can be utilized for road carpeting programmes, village development programmes (‘Gama Neguma’), Samurdhi development programmes, and also for the tsunami-affected small-scale irrigation projects and repairs of canals and paddy lands in the district.

The minister pointed out that pre-schools can be supplied with the necessary expenses for their study materials and ‘kids’ playgrounds and furniture.

Besides, children’s and maternity homes, toilet facilities too can be benefitted through this money.

Rs 3,506 lakhs for Kalutara, Rs 3,704 lakhs for Horana, Rs 3,540 lakhs for Panadura, Rs 3,806 lakhs for Bulathsinhala, Rs 3,677 lakhs for Bandaragama, Rs 4,710 lakhs for Agalawatte, Rs 3,658 lakhs for Mathugama, and Rs 3,516 lakhs for the Beruwala AGA divisions have been allocated, to cover up the year 2011.