Gama Neguma one project per village programme:

Work to begin next month

Development work under the Gama Neguma 2012 one project for each village programme will be launched next month, said Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa. He said project proposals are now being entertained from the 14,000 Grama Niladhari Divisions countrywide and the ministry has already allocated Rs 14,000 million for the entire programme.

Minister Rajapaksa said this presiding over a progress review meeting of the Colombo District project coming under this overall programme held at the Colombo District Secretariat on Saturday. Projects submitted by representatives of local councils were discussed and approved at this meeting, said a press release by the Economic Development Ministry.

The ministry has allocated Rs 557 million for projects covering the 557 Grama Niladhari Divisions in the 13 Divisional Secretariat (DS) Divisions in the Colombo District. The DS Divisions are Maharagama, Thimbirigasyaya, Moratuwa, Ratmalana, Kesbewa, Kotte, Kaduwela, Avissawella, Colombo, Homagama, Padukka, Dehiwela and Kolonnawa.

Senior Minister A H M Fowzie, Ministers Dinesh Gunawardena, Jeevan Kumaratunga, Champika Ranawaka, Gamini Lokuge, Susil Premajayantha and Wimal Weerawansa, Parliamentarians Thilanga Sumathipala and Prabha Ganeshan, representatives of local councils and other officials attended the meeting.