Sri Lanka, June 4 -- The Government on Monday (1) decided to utilise national budget allocations for road safety upgrades on rural and regional road networks.
Cabinet Spokesman and Health and Mass Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa told the weekly Cabinet press briefing yesterday (2), there has been a growing trend in fatalities and property damage from traffic accidents across Sri Lanka, with a significant proportion occurring on regional and rural roads outside the national highway network.
He explained that many of these hazardous conditions have persisted due to the limited financial capacity of Local Government institutions to implement adequate road safety measures.
Under the newly approved programme, funded through the "Road Saf...