ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka plans to spend 115 billion rupees protecting slopes on major roads as the damage from Cyclone Ditwah is repaired, Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways, Prasanna Gunasena said. About 572 sections of A and B grade roads totalling 1456.64 kilometres have suffered damage, during Cyclone Ditwah he said. About 723 kilometres were in the central province. “The rough estimate for repair work is 68.84 billion rupees,” Gunasena told parliament Thursday. “About 52 billion rupees is to restore A and B roads in the central province and 32 billion is for the Kandy district. About 40 bridges…
Sri Lanka to spend Rs115bn on slope protection of key roads after cyclone: Deputy Minister
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