‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ national programme to be launched tomorrow

 

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Arrangements have been made to hold the inaugural ceremony of the national programme ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’, which has been introduced to effectively steer the country’s rebuilding process, on Tuesday, 13th  January at the Lotus Hall of the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) in Colombo, under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

According to the President’s Media Division (PMD), the programme is being implemented in response to the urgent need for a highly coordinated national recovery mechanism to address post-disaster recovery and rehabilitation activities arising from the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah, which affected all parts of Sri Lanka, resulting in loss of life as well as damage to private and public property.

At present, the financing of the rebuilding programme is being carried out under three strategic approaches. These include: re-purposing, whereby the objectives of selected ongoing development projects are being revised; re-allocating, whereby additional funds are allocated in accordance with the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act over and above the budgetary allocations.  Accordingly, a supplementary estimate of Rs. 500 billion will be prepared for 2026; and mobilising domestic, foreign, public and private donor support through the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund.

In order to provide strategic leadership, coordination, a coherent approach and oversight for the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ programme, the President has recently established a Presidential Task Force comprising 25 members, including Ministers and senior public officials, chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya.