Sri Lanka, Dec. 1 -- The Office of the Commissioner General of Essential Services is taking necessary decisions under emergency regulations, to deal with the on-going disaster situation in the country, Prabath Chandrakeerthi, the Commissioner General of Essential Services said.

The Commissioner General of Essential Services made this statement during a media briefing held in Colombo (01).

The Commissioner General of Essential Services added:

"You all know that an amount of Rs. 10,000 has been arranged to be provided regardless of land ownership. Efforts have been made to provide this allowance even to those in estate houses. This has been organized to be distributed through all Divisional Secretariat offices. As an office, we make deci...