The Ministry of Higher Education will construct two new building complexes in the University of Peradeniya and the University of Moratuwa, at a cost of Rs.289 million.

A three-storied building complex will be constructed for the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Peradeniya. The project will be implemented this year, phasing out the construction work over a period of two years, at a cost of Rs.157 million.

The balance work of the construction of the building for a Civil Engineering Research Centre in University of Moratuwa will be completed this year on a priority basis and the expenditure will be managed within the financial provision allocated to the University Grant Commission in 2010.

The Cabinet recently granted the approval for the proposal by the Ministry of Higher Education to revise the total cost estimate from Rs.70 million to Rs.132 million on this task.