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Monday, December 28, 2009 - 4.08 GMT |
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Nation building
in 7 Districts |
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The
Ministry
of
Nation
Building
and
Estate
Infrastructure
Development
has
taken
steps to
implement
the
second
phase of
Community
Development
and
Livelihood
Improvement
Project
in
Badulla,
Monaragala,
Hambantota,
Ratnapura,
Kegalle,
Nuwara
Eliya
and
Polonnaruwa
Districts.
The
World
Bank has
approved
IDA
Credit
of US
Dollars
75
million
to
implement
the
Second
Community
Development
and
Livelihood
Improvement
Project.
The
project
is to
support
Mahinda
Chintana
Strategy
of
reducing
rural
poverty
and
promoting
sustainable
and
equitable
rural
development,
under
the
broader
title of
‘Gama
Neguma’
Community
Driven
Rural
Development.
The
project
will
implement
intra
village
development
activities
in about
514
selected
underprivileged
Grama
Niladari
Divisions
(about
875
villages)
and
inert
village
connectivity
development
in 10
Pradeshiya
Sabha
areas in
the
seven
Districts.
The
Project
has five
components;
Intra-village
Development,
Inter-village
Connectivity
Development,
Public,
People
and
Private
Sector
Partnerships,
Project
Management
and
Monitoring
and
Convergence
and
Policy
Support.
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