Flood ravaged areas will be rebuilt says President

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Flood ravaged areas will be rebuilt says President
"The Government is fully committed to rebuild the lives and infrastructure devastated by the floods. Officials have been instructed to commence reconstruction works and provide relief to the people in affected districts", said President Rajapaksa yesterday( Feb 10).
Speaking at the inauguration of the Diri Uda program to provide free school bags and stationery to Grade One schoolchildren in the Kalutara district, President Rajapaksa said asserted that, more than 19,500 new school entrants in the district will benefited by this program which is entirely funded by Transport Minister Kumara Welgama.
President Rajapaksa presented school bags and stationery to students representing several schools in the Matugama Educational Zone to mark the inauguration of the program. The President admitted that more than one million people in the North Central, Eastern, Central and Uva provinces were affected by the floods and landslides and stressed an effective plan is in place to assist them.
"The estimated cost for the restoration of infrastructure facilities ravaged by the floods has been estimated at Rs 33,000 million and the Government has already instructed the officials to commence reconstruction projects," he added.
He said the people whose livelihood was affected due to the floods can participate in the reconstruction activities as they do not have a proper income.