Govt. seeks to generate revenue from ministerial bungalows
- 5opn1
- January 15, 2025
- Political
- Govt. seeks to generate revenue from ministerial bungalows
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The Government has decided that 50 “luxury” official residences set aside for cabinet ministers will be utilised for other purposes that will bring revenue to the state.
No minister in the current government would move into the luxury residences, Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananda Wijepala said Instead, they would be used by other government departments or utilised for tourism purposes, he added.
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption is to be allocated one of the residences as it has requested new premises owing to space constraints in the present building.
MPs would be given “modest” quarters either at the Madiwela housing complex for MPs or similar housing complexes, with priority being given to MPs who live far from Colombo.
Since the number of quarters at the Madiwela housing complex is insufficient, several unmarried MPs are occupying one housing unit, the minister revealed.
