This follows successful talks between Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry, World Bank representatives, Treasury officials and the Road Development Ministry.

Accordingly, the Kandegedera-Galauda road which traverses 70 rural villages in Wiyaluwa Electorate and Matitale - Tenna Panguwa Kiriwehera road which covers another 30 villages, will be rehabilitated on priority basis immediately, reported Daily News.

The road rehabilitation of a distance of 28 kilometers along the Kandeketiya-Galauda road will receive Rs.1300 million while the remaining Rs.1100 million will be spent on the Matitale - Kiriwehera road which covers 21 kms. Nearly 20,000 families would benefit from these two road development projects in the District, the report added.