- GoSL has floated tenders for construction of 50,000 permanent brick and mortar houses
- The project is to be executed by the Ministry of National Integration and Reconciliation together with other relevant line ministries and agencies.
The Government has floated
tenders for the construction of 50,000 permanent brick and mortar houses for
the north and east as part of resettlement and reconciliation initiative.
The move follows Cabinet
approving a Memorandum submitted by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, to
construct 50,000 brick and mortar houses for conflict-affected families in the
Northern and Eastern provinces.
The project is to be executed by
the Ministry of National Integration and Reconciliation together with other
relevant line ministries and agencies. The project 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 gained the endorsement of Cabinet. The Ministry of National
Integration and Reconciliation directly comes under the purview of President
Maithripala Sirisena. Action was taken to call for the tenders with financing
arrangements on soft terms, revealed Ministry of National Integration and
Reconciliation Secretary V. Sivagnanasothy.
Already invitations for proposals
have been advertised and will be open to eligible bidders and financiers.Bidders who submit proposals should also get confirmed financing arrangements
from donors or financing institutions. Members of the Parliament, district
officials and civil society organisations welcomed the initiative as the
proposals were acceptable to the social context of the provinces and address
the long-felt needs of conflict-affected families.
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