The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa
Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa stated that the Mullaitivu District General Hospital would be prioritized for construction of the required ward complex. He noted that Cabinet approval had been obtained to allocate an additional Rs. 45 billion over two years to complete 17 stalled construction projects, which would have cost Rs. 29 billion if finished on time. He said the project would use Government of Sri Lanka funds and seek special support from the Government of India, while acknowledging that the process would take time.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, certainly, that hospital will be prioritized. However, as you know, in the recent past there have been many construction projects that started and were halted midway. We have obtained Cabinet approval to complete 17 such projects by allocating an additional Rs. 45 billion (Rs. 4,500 million) over the next two years. Please keep that in mind.
¶ 02 If those projects had been completed on time, they could have been finished for Rs. 29 billion. Now we must incur roughly double to complete them. Hon. Speaker, accordingly, the Mullaitivu District General Hospital will also be prioritized to construct the necessary ward complex. In addition to Government of Sri Lanka funds, we will obtain special support from the Government of India. These processes will take some time, but we can accomplish this.
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