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TN: ‘3500 houses are under construction for Lankan refugees’
Gingee KS Mastan, Tamil Nadu State Minister of Minority Welfare and Expatriate Tamil Welfare Department, inspected construction of 400 houses for Sri Lankan Tamils ??at Bhavanisagar, at a cost of INR 20 crores, Indian media reports said.
It was announced in the Assembly that 7000 houses will be built at a cost of INRs 3017 crores for Lankan refugees in TN. In the first phase, 3500 houses across are under construction. Circulars on overseas
employment has been sent to the district employment offices of all districts. It mentions the security features of the country to which job seekers are going abroad. Overseas Manpower Corporation will arrange secure employment opportunities.
Therefore, it is advised to go through the corporation and not to be deceived by fake agents who claim to provide employment abroad. 500 nurses have been trained through this institution and steps are being taken to send them to Britain.
The training for nurses is provided free of charge. He said that legal action has been taken against fake agents who deceive people by claiming to get jobs abroad. So, far, two fake agents have been arrested under the Goondas Act, he said.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished bys the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs to extend Visas of those unable to leave Sri Lanka due to the
cancellation of flights to the Middle East from 28.02.2026 for another 14 days without any payments and re-extend the extended Visas for another 14 days without payments if the flights cancellations continue.
Taking into consideration the resolution furnished by the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Council, and Local Government, the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to appoint Sunil Galagama, a Special Grade Officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, who is currently serving as an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Mass Media, as the District Secretary to Badulla Administrative District with immediate effect.
The Cabinet of Ministers, taking into consideration the resolution furnished by the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Council, and Local Government, have decided to appoint Anupama Mangala Wickramaarachchi, a special grade officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, who is serving as the Additional Commissioner General of Agrarian Development of the Department of the Agrarian Development at present, as the District Secretary , Ampara Administrative district with immediate effect.
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