The Gammadda Re-Build programme entered its second day of implementation in Matale, continuing efforts to rebuild and rehabilitate infrastructure damaged by recent natural disasters, NewsFirst reported.
The initiative focuses on community-based development and grassroots restoration, working with residents to repair facilities and services affected by flooding, landslides and other events. Organisers said the programme aims to deliver practical, on-the-ground help to communities whose infrastructure was damaged.
Gammadda is a long-running village-development campaign that has carried out projects across the country, mobilising volunteers, local officials and donor support to restore roads, bridges, water supplies and public buildings in rural areas. Earlier phases of the rebuild effort have targeted districts affected by the Ditwah cyclone and subsequent flooding.
In Matale, the second-day activities were expected to build on work begun the previous day, with teams continuing repairs and coordinating with local communities on priority needs. Organisers said grassroots restoration of this kind was intended to complement wider government recovery programmes.
The campaign has become one of the more visible community-driven reconstruction efforts in Sri Lanka, drawing on public participation to address gaps in essential rural infrastructure.
