Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- Central Government and Provincial Institutions must work in unison when implementing development projects:
No more special project offices for programmes funded by foreign loans and aid:
Common development plan to be prepared by identifying needs at provincial level:
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stressed the importance of close coordination and joint action between the Central Government and Provincial Institutions in the implementation of development projects.
The President emphasised that the culture of using provincial institutions merely as instruments for political authority to retain power has been brought to an end under the present Government, while also highlighting the need for the Central Government...