News in Brief :

President instructs officials not to allow unauthorized constructions up to Boralanda-Hotanthenna...
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 When approving building plans in Badulla district, it is mandatory to act according to the relevant decision.
 Implement disaster resettlement through a new plan.
 Decentralized budget will be given to the districts from next year.
President Badulla says at the district special coordination committee meeting.
President Ranil Wickramasinghe informed the concerned officials to take immediate measures to stop the unauthorized constructions being carried out in the Ohia area from Boralanda to Hotanthanna. The President said that he observed that due to the constructions in the Ohio area, severe environmental destruction has occurred in connection with it, and pointed out that if the situation is not prevented immediately, he will have to face a serious problem in the future. President Ranil Wickramasinghe mentioned this while joining the Badulla District Special Coordination Committee meeting held at the Uva Provincial Library Auditorium yesterday (16) afternoon.