Implementation of the Urban Regeneration Project in Colombo
- With a view to transforming the Colombo city into a city with a clean and pleasing environment, it has been planned to carry out the Colombo Urban Regeneration Project at an investment of United States Dollars 287 million for the resettlement of people living in slums, in new housing schemes and for more optimal utilization of urban lands. Through this programme, around 50,000 low-income and lower-middle-income residents living in underserved settlements will be benefited with houses of proper standards. Accordingly, this project is to be implemented under 03 major components of housing construction, land re-development and technical support and project management and it has been planned to obtain funds for this purpose from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the Government of Sri Lanka and the private sector. As such, the proposal made by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, the Minister of Finance & Mass Media, to conduct loan negotiations and to enter into a loan agreement for obtaining the funds to be secured as agreed by the AIIB, was approved by the Cabinet.
The Project for the Development of A 17 Road Corridor from Deniyaya to Rakwana
- The Galle-Deniyaya-Madampe Road traverses through the major towns of Morawaka, Deniyaya, Suriyakanda and Rakwana and it is linked with three 'A' Class Roads and ten 'B' Class Roads. Out of this, it has been proposed to develop a road extent of 53 km from Deniyaya to Rakwana. This has been phased out to be constructed in 2 stages with an investment of US$ 51.75 million and it is expected to develop a road section of 18 km from Suriyakanda to Rakwana as its first stage and a road section of 35 km from Deniyaya to Suriyakanda as its second stage. The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has expressed its willingness to provide the required funds of US$ 40 million for the implementation of this project and accordingly, the proposal made by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, the Minister of Finance & Mass Media, to conduct loan negotiations in this regard and enter into a loan agreement, was approved by the Cabinet.
Project for the Establishment of a Light Rail Transit System in Colombo
- The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to provide financial and technical assistance to establish a Light Rail Transit (LRT) System in Colombo in order to minimize the heavy traffic congestion existing in Colombo and its suburbs. This LRT System has been designed to establish the connectivity between the major Administrative Hubs with commercial corridors and the densely populated residential areas situated adjacent to Colombo. This LRT System will also be developed so as to provide easy access to the Expressway Network and Multi-Model Transport Hubs. Under the LRT System project, it has been planned to construct a LRT System 17 km in length with 16 Stations from the Multi-Model Transport Hub in Colombo Fort to Malabe Depot with an investment of JPY 246,641 million from Japan. The Japan International Cooperation Agency has extended its willingness to grant JPY 200,415 million out of the total expenditure anticipated for the project and accordingly, the proposal made by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, the Minister of Finance & Mass Media to conduct loan Negotiations and to enter into a loan agreement for the purpose, was approved by the Cabinet.
Continuous implementation of the 'Gamperaliya' Rapid Rural Development Programme
- The Cabinet has set apart a provision worth of Rs.20 billion in respect of the year 2018 for the implementation of projects for the rehabilitation of village tanks, modernization of the rural roads, providing sanitary facilities in schools, construction of school playgrounds, 'Sathi Pola' and 'Haritha Uyana', providing electricity, renovation of religious places, housing development and issuing deeds for lands under the 'Gamperaliya' programme. Accordingly, the proposal made by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, the Minister of Finance & Mass Media, for an allocation of Rs.48 billion in respect of the year 2019 to continue the development activities further by providing Rs.300 million for each electorate, was approved by the Cabinet.
Establishment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Hubs for the improvement of the Secondary Education
- With the objective of strengthening the Computer Assisted Teaching for Secondary Education, it has been planned to implement a project under the Ministry of Education for enhancing teaching and learning information and communication technology, for enhancing the information technology education level of the teachers and for providing equal opportunity of education to every student including those living in rural areas. Under this programme, a fully equipped e-learning National Contents - - Development Centre (NCDC) in the North Western Province and another 02 Provincial Information Communication Technology Education Centres (PICTEC) centering the Southern and Eastern Provinces are due to be established. The Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) of the Export and Import (KEXIM) Bank of South Korea has agreed to provide funds for the purpose and accordingly, the proposal made by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, the Minister of Finance & Mass Media, to enter into an Agreement to secure the required funds, was approved by the Cabinet.
CABINET DECISIONS ON 2019-01-02
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සැහැල්ලු දුම්රිය පද්ධතියට ජපන් යෙන් බිලියන 200ක ණයක්
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කොළඹ කොටුව බහු මාදිලි ප්රවාහන මධ්යස්ථානයේ සිට මාලඹේ ඩිපෝව දක්වා ඉදිකිරීමට යෝජිත සැහැල්ලු දුම්රිය පද්ධිතය සඳහා ජපන් යෙන් බිලියන 200.415ක ණය ගිවිසුමකට එළැඹීමට කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලයේ අනුමැතිය ලැබී ඇත.
ඒ සඳහා සාකච්ඡා පැවැත්විමට හා ගිවිසුමට එළැඹීමට මුදල් හා ජනනමාධ්ය අමාත්ය මංගල සමරවීර මහතා ඉදිරිපත් කළ යෝජනාවට මෙසේ කැබිනට් අනුමැතිය ලැබී ඇත. මෙම දුම්රිය මාර්ගය කිලෝ මීටර් 17ක දුරකින් යුක්ත වන අතර එය දුම්රිය ස්ථාන 16කින් සමන්විතය.
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