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Impact of drought worse than that of floods:
Importance of drought management policy highlighted
As the country recovers from a series of floods
caused by increased rainfall throughout 2010, the authorities
dealing with disaster situations are now focusing their attention on
a possible drought situation that would hit the country in the
future.
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CMC presents budget for 2011:
Cleaner, better Colombo - the aim
The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) the largest
local body in the country which was dissolved early last year,
presented its budget for 2011 on Monday with the intention of
bringing visible changes to the city through the improvement of
infrastructure in Colombo to cater to the needs of city dwellers.
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Gigantic infrastructure development mooted:
More projects to see light of day this year
Development in the maritime sector has been
identified as one of the key players to take Sri Lanka towards being
the wonder of Asia. Usually what a government in a small
island-nation like Sri Lanka would do is to develop one or two
existing harbours. However Sri Lanka has taken a gigantic step
forward by building three international harbours and also developing
three other harbours to international standards.
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