All the selected roads in Galle town and its surroundings will be broadened and developed soon in order to ease the vehicular traffic in the area, Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said that he instructed his Ministry Secretary.

United Nations have named this Decade as a period to restore the wounded ecosystem. The aim of the UN program is to conserve the entire ecosystem on the planet, halt destruction to it and restore the already wounded environment. Therefore, UN targets and recommendations could be driven forward through the ‘Conserve our Rivers’ program or ‘Surakimu Ganga’, launched by our ministry, said Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Dr Anil Jasinghe.

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A Technical Committee has been set up comprising Presidential Task Force to Prevent COVID-19, Health Ministry and Education Ministry to make recommendations to re-open Government schools, and in compliance with the Committee decisions, schools will be re- opened under four stages, Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Professor Kapila Perera stated.