Rs. 200mn to repair damaged buildings in Aluthgama

Resettlement Minister Gunaratne Weerakoon said the government had allocated Rs.200 million to effect repairs to the buildings damaged during the recent incident in Aluthgama and Dharga Town areas.

Addressing a meeting at the Kalutara district secretariat today afternoon  he said several buildings in Beruwala, Kalutara, Matugama and Bentota divisions had been damaged in the incidents and that the security forces personnel would be deployed to repair them.

Minister Weerakoon said the government had allocated Rs.50 million to the Kalutara district Secretary  and Rs.150 million to the Army. (Sunil Thanthriarachchi)