THE GOVERNMENT has allocated Rs100 million to construct school buildings in the Northern Province under the Uthuru Vasanthaya (Northern Spring) project. Construction of 23 school buildings have been completed.
Northern Province Governor Major General G.A. Chandrasiri said after 180 days of the Uthuru Vasanthaya program, around 23 school buildings were completed in the Jaffna Peninsula. “Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa who is also the Northern Development Presidential Task Force Chairman has allocated Rs 100 million to build school buildings,” he said.
Twenty school buildings were opened by Major General Chandrasiri and another three more are to be opened soon.
Major General Chandrasiri said another Rs250 million was granted by the World Bank to provide infrastructure facilities for schoolchildren in the Northern Province under the Uthuru Vasanthaya program.
The project will be implemented within three weeks, he added.
(Courtesy: Daily News)
