’’We will not ask people to wait until 2048,’’ says AKD

Although the lives lost in the disaster cannot be replaced, the Government will provide every possible form of assistance to help the affected communities and that he will not ask the people to wait until 2048 for relief, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said.

The President stated that his objective is to ensure that those who were affected by the disaster achieve a standard of living higher than what they had previously enjoyed. 

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake made these remarks this afternoon (09) while participating in an event in the Vithikuliya area of Kobeigane to commence the construction of new houses and the payment of compensation for families in the Kurunegala District whose homes were completely destroyed due to the disaster.

Under the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ initiative launched to restore livelihoods in the aftermath of the disaster, the PROJECT 5M programme,  one of its flagship projects,  marked the commencement of construction of new houses and the granting of compensation for families whose homes were completely damaged by the disaster and who had received technical certification confirming that houses could be rebuilt on the same sites.