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Grit Foundation helps 100 poor families to build their own houses
In the North Central Province
Grit Property Group Australia, a licensed property consultancy company with its Head Office in Melbourne, and its international branches in Sri Lanka and India, has reached out to help 100 families to build their own houses in the North Central Province.
After serving many clients over the years, Grit has now taken the initiative with the establishment of the Grit Foundation to give back to the community by helping families in need in the way that they know best – by providing housing.
Team Grit Sri Lanka embarked on a journey to Welikanda, a small town in North Central Province, situated 300 km from Colombo, for a life-changing purpose.
The families were handed over new two or three-bedroom brick houses built within a span of 45 days to two months at most depending on the prevailing weather conditions.
Each family was required to find their own sand and granite and was given the permit to do so. Everything else, including charges for the builders was provided by Team Grit Sri Lanka.
Welikanda, around 40 minutes’ drive from Polonnaruwa, is one of the most drought-hit areas in the country. Villagers and wildlife are at risk with no means or access to water when the situation worsens.
Team Grit members also journeyed on an 18-km off-road drive through the village to visit a six-member family in need of help at Sooriyawewa. Living close to the riverbank, they depend on farming for their sustenance. However, they live in constant fear of wild animals, especially elephants, who destroy their wattle and daub huts – their only living space.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land, and Irrigation to provide the required provisions to purchase the green gram harvest in a competitive manner with the private sector by expanding the program initiated by the National Food Promotion Board, on the advice of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land, and Irrigation,
Green gram has been cultivated in an area of about 16,500 hectares in the 2025 Yala Season and intermediate season and a harvest of about 14,600 metric tons of green gram is expected. Currently, green gram harvesting has started in the Hambantota district, and it has been reported that middlemen are buying the harvest for a low price of Rs. 450/- per kilogram.
Approval has been granted at the cabinet meeting held on 08-02-2021 to award 326 bridge construction contracts to the State Development and Construction Corporation for the construction of bridges across the island under the Rural Bridges Program.
The construction of a further 23 bridges has been assigned to the Road Development Authority.
It had been decided in the year 2022, to stop the construction of 184 bridges, where construction had not been initiated. The construction of 45 bridges from the 142 remaining bridges have already been completed.
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Transport, Highways, and Urban
Development to recommence the construction of the remaining 74 bridges by the State Development and Construction Corporation and to complete the construction expeditiously.
Policy approval of the Cabinet of Ministers was granted at their meeting held on 16.06.2025 to repeal the Parliamentary Pension Act No. 1 of 1971 of the State Council.
In keeping with the promise given to all Sri Lankans who supported the vision of ‘A wealthy country – A beautiful life’ which appeared in the policy declaration of the Government, a draft bill has been prepared by the Legal Draftsmen for
repealing the Parliamentary Pension Act with the objective of cancelling pensions rights given to elected members of the Parliament and their spouses.
As the Attorney General has given clearance to the draft bill, the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers was granted to the proposal submitted by the Minister of Justic and National Integration to publish the said draft bill in the government gazette notification and subsequently to be presented to the Parliament for its concurrence.
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