Transport, Highways and Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardhana told Parliament yesterday that Rs.1,673 million has already been paid to contractors under the programme of developing 100,000 kilometers of alternate and rural roads in the country by October 31.
The Minister said that 13,160 roads are being developed under this scheme, which is 17,847 kilometers in length. He said 9,298 kilometers of 5,201 roads have already been developed.
He said this while replying to a question raised by MP Gamini Waleboda.
The Minister stated that the distance of the roads that have not been completed so far is 11,549 kilometers under the 100,000 km road development project. The Minister also stated that contractors who carried out the road development work under this project have not been paid an Rs.5 billion as yet.
He also said that a programme has been implemented to identify roads that should be given priority which have been halted due to the economic crisis at district level.
The Minister said that this programme has been implemented in Polonnaruwa and Anuradhapura districts and meetings are conducted constantly to get information about the roads that should be prioritised in each Province by contacting the District Secretariats, Divisional secretaries and MPs.
The Minister announced that engineers, senior officials, heads of institutions, public administration officials are engaged in implementing this programme and most of the development projects can be re-implemented after receiving the second tranche from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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