Sri Lanka, Sept. 16 -- A review meeting on development projects in the Jaffna District under the Urban Development, Construction and Housing Ministry was held at the District Secretariat Auditorium, Jaffna, recently, with the participation of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources Minister and Jaffna District Coordinating Committee Chairman Ramalingam Chandrasekar and Housing Deputy Minister T.B. Sarath.

Speaking to the gathering, the Deputy Minister said that Rs. 1,259 million has been allocated for resettlement programmes in the Jaffna District this year. He noted that he had come to review the progress of resettlement work directly and emphasised that when the present Government assumed office, the country was facing setbacks in agric...