New labour offices for Northern towns

New labour offices for Northern towns

(By : Chamikara Weerasinghe)

New labour offices will soon replace the old offices in Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts with action taken by the Labour Relations and Manpower Ministry to construct them anew.

Labour Relations and Manpower Minister Athauda Seneviratna yesterday said the Labour Ministry has taken action to construct new buildings as part of the Government's program to develop the North under the Uthuru Vasanthaya program.

Seneviratna said his Ministry will spend Rs. 21 million for the proposed development of labour offices in Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu.

International Labour Organisation (ILO) is also assisting with funds and technological aspects, he said. "Most buildings currently used as labour offices in the North, are in a dilapidated condition due to three decades of separatist LTTE terror," the Minister said.

"The Government will restore them under its Northern Spring development plan.

Seneviratne said they plan to complete the project in two phases.

"We have taken measures to speed up the process to complete its first phase by 2010," he added.

Courtesy : Daily News