Deyata Kirula ushers economic revival in A’pura
Disna Mudalige
The government has spent about Rs 21,000 million for development
projects in the Anuradhapura district parallel to the Deyata Kirula
Exhibition with the aim of reviving the past glory of the ancient
capital, statistics of the Mass Media and Information Ministry Research
Unit revealed.
The development projects launched by the government on par with the
Deyata Kirula exhibition has ushered an economic, social and cultural
revival in the Anuradhapura district. The ministries, line departments
and affiliated institutions under the government have spent about Rs
11,809 million to develop infrastructure facilities in the Anuradhapura
district.
This figure stands at more than half of the total expenditure. The
government has also spent Rs 4,263 million to develop social
infrastructure facilities, Rs 1,369 million for human resources
development, Rs 494 million for agricultural development, Rs 51 million
for wildlife and forest conservation programmes and Rs 3,800 million for
other public services in the Anuradhapura district.
The government’s expenditure on infrastructure development includes a
number of road development projects, 117 minor irrigation renovating
projects, 56 projects to broaden the national grid electricity supply,
15 water supply projects, 78 national irrigation systems and tanks
renovation projects and seven projects to construct six new post offices
and the Anuradhapura post office complex.
The government has also distributed Rs 2 million for every Grama
Niladari division in Anuradhapura under the Maga Neguma project. It has
also distributed 1,000 roofing tiles for each selected 50,000 houses
which had no permanent roofing.
According to the statistics, 15 drinking water projects, three
housing scheme proposals for low income families, 173 projects to
establish 50 regional maternity clinics, child health and nutrition
programmes, archeology conservation projects, and projects aiming the
disabled people were also launched by the government in the Anuradhapura
district. Fifty new buses were also provisioned to areas with transport
difficulties.
The government has extended the Divi Neguma programme among 105,300
domestic units based in Anuradhapura parallel to the exhibition. The
government has initiated 16 projects to develop the fresh water
fisheries industry, six projects to set up milk farms, 35 projects to
renovate and construct Agrarian Services centres, and 195 projects to
develop seed farms and research farms in Anuradhapura
The government’s expenditure on human resources includes the
development of 12 national schools and Rajarata University, construction
of 100 school computer laboratories, vocational training for unemployed
youths etc. The government has also developed the Wilpattu National Park
and had constructed electrified fences to control the human elephant
conflict. Reforestation and environmental conservation programmes have
also been implemented in the Anuradhapura district.
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