The Sri Lankan government has allocated Rs 200mn to repair buildings damaged during anti-Muslim violence by Sinhala mobs, Rs 150mn of which will be given to the Sri Lankan Army, reported the Daily Mirror.
Sri Lanka’s resettlement minister Gunaratne Weerakoon told a meeting in Kalutura today that several buildings in Beruwala, Kalutara, Matugama and Bentota divisions had been damaged in the incidents and that the security forces personnel would be deployed to repair them.
Another Rs 50mn will be given to the Kalutara District Secretary, according to the minister.
The riots against Muslims started last week after a rally by the Bodu Bala Sena in Aluthgama ended up with Muslim homes and businesses attacked by Sinhala mobs in several towns in southern Sri Lanka, leaving 3 Muslims and a Tamil dead.
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