Sri Lanka, Dec. 17 -- The Road Development Authority (RDA) has incurred a loss of around Rs.75 billion due to the destruction of roads and bridges caused by the disaster situation that occurred across the country Transport and Highways and Urban Development Ministry officials stated.

RDA officials stated that when taking into account the additional rehabilitation work required to fully restore the destroyed roads and bridges, it has been estimated that Rs.190 billion will be required for this purpose.

This was disclosed at the meeting of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Infrastructure and Strategic Development, convened to discuss and analyses the nature of the disaster that the country has been struck with and the measures to be tak...