ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka may spend about 1,000 billion rupees (about 3.5bn dollars) on Ditwah relief and recovery over three years, Deputy Treasury Secretary A K Seneviratne has said. In December 2025, about 75 billion rupees is being spent on Ditwah relief with 50 billion rupees in re-allocated spending approved by parliament, Seneviratne told the parliament’s Committee on Public Finance. For 2026, a 500 billion rupees in extra spending was approved by parliament on Friday. Among the funds would be 115 billion rupees to strengthen slopes on key roads. About 100 billion rupees in re-allocated spending will also be used…
Sri Lanka to spend Rs1,000bn on Ditwah recovery over three years
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