The government has decided to initiate a medium and long-term recovery programme, integrating both the public and private sectors, to mobilise resources for rebuilding the country s essential infrastructure, such as highways and irrigation systems damaged by the recent disaster.
Accordingly, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that it is intended to establish a fund with contributions from all sectors and to appoint a Joint Management Committee, comprising both public and private sector representatives, with Cabinet approval, to oversee the management of the fund.
Summarised from Ada Derana
People- Anura Kumara Dissanayake3
- Nandika Sanath Kumanayake
- Sugeeshwara Gunawardana
- Anil Jayantha Fernando
- Harshana Suriyapperuma
- Parakrama Dissanayake
- Duminda Hulugamuwa
- Krishan Balendra
Organisations- Treasury3
- World Bank2
- John Keells Holdings PLC
- Presidential Secretariat
- Ministry of Finance
- Aitken Spence PLC
- Cabinet
Places- Sri Lanka3
- Western Province
Keywords- stakeholder2
- rebuilding2
- disaster2
- backed2
- robust2
- broad2
- fund2
- post2
- infrastructure
- landslides
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