Rs. 34 m nutrition program for students in welfare villages

by Rohana JAYALAL

The Nutrition Division of the Ministry of Education has taken steps to implement a special nutrition program for schoolchildren in the welfare villages of the North at a cost of Rs. 34 million on a decision made by Minister Susil Premajayantha, Ministry sources said.

According to the Ministry of Education, the program was started at Chettikulam welfare village recently. Nearly 65,000 schoolchildren would benefit under this program. These Special nutritional food items are given to the parents to be fed to their children as cooked-food.

A new housing scheme has been completed in Mannar for the fisherfolk. It was launched under the Uthuru Wasanthaya Northern Spring Housing Development Program, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Sources said.

A notable feature was the completion of the project within 100 days. These houses will be distributed to 50 fisher families who have taken shelter in temporary sheds.

According to the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, the National Housing Development Authority launched the Scheme with the contribution of the Jana Sevana housing assistance program. Roads, water and power are among the basic amenities provided.

The Housing Scheme was launched on the instructions of the President and the guidance of Chief of the Uthuru Wasanthaya Task Force and Senior Presidential Advisor and Parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa. It will be vested in the people shortly.