‘One project for one village’ in Hambantota reviewed

A review meeting on ‘One project for one village’ development program and Pura Naguma Programme was held in Hambanthota District Secretariat Office on Tuesday under the patronage of Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa.

He revealed that the Ministry of Economic Development has planned to grant Rs. 1 million to implement one development project in each Grama Seva Division of the country.

The project proposals of local Government members as well as Parliamentarians in the area will be selected for this purpose. The Government has taken measures to select one village among several developing villages and develop it to the level of a town under the Pura-neguma program.

Measures are being taken to develop 576 villages under ‘one project for one village’ program and four villages under the Pura–neguma program in the Hambanthota district.

Senior Minister A.H.M Fowzie, A.L.M Athaulla, Minister of local Government and Provincial Councils, Mahinda Amaraweera, Minister of Disaster Management, Shan Wijayalal De Silva – Chief Minister of Southern Province, Namal Rajapaksa, MP and Chairman of Hambantota District Development Committee, V.K. Indika, Member of Parliament also participated at this meeting.

Pic by Chaminda Hittatiya