The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to construct 50,000 Brick and Mortar houses for the conflict affected families in the Northern and Eastern Provinces on a Cabinet Memorandum submitted by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. This was a long felt need of the Provinces affected by the conflict over a period of 30 years.
The project is to be executed by the National Integration and Reconciliation Ministry with other relevant line Ministries and agencies. It was formulated under the guidance of the Northern and Eastern Provinces Development Committee and recommended by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Management headed by the Prime Minister and got the endorsement of the Cabinet. The National Integration and Reconciliation Ministry directly comes under the purview of the President.
The tenders with financing arrangements on soft terms are being called, Secretary to the National Integration and Reconciliation Ministry V. Sivagnanasothy said.