Japan and the ADB support a pilot project that will combine rural road work

Japan and the Asian Development Bank are supporting a pilot project that will combine rural road work and the creation of income-generating opportunities in the poorest districts in the country.
 The bank said in a release that the project will be funded by a two million US dollars grant from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction and project beneficiaries will contribute 245,000 US dollars to complete the funding requirement.
The improvement of rural access roads and livelihood development for the poor project will rehabilitate about 200 kilometres of rural access roads with community participation in Badulla, Moneragala and Ratnapura districts.
The non-governmental organizations will also provide training for self-employment programs to 2,000 beneficiaries in the three target districts.
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