The Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government says, 90% of the projects that were assigned to the Ministry following the 2017 budget, were nearing completion.

According to the Secretary of the Ministry, Kamal Padmasiri, Rs. 40,000 million were allocated to the Ministry for local and international projects.

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