City Planning and Water Supply Minister Rauff Hakeem who represented Sri Lanka at the 7th South Asian Conference on Sanitation held in Islamabad, Pakistan, said that the country was able to achieve much of the MDG goals well ahead of time
“In that regard our country is indeed quite pleased that we were able to achieve the previous set of goals under the MDGs. We were even able to achieve our targets well ahead of time and we are also in the process of achieving the sanitation targets. By the time we meet in Delhi we will be able to report to you that we have achieved our target by that year,” he said at the closing ceremony.