The Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed Indika Anuruddha Herath, State Minister of Rural Housing and Construction & Building Materials Industries Promotion Monday to develop the “Fishing Villages” initiated by the Prime Minister during his tenure as the Minister of Fisheries. The Prime Minister has given these instructions during a discussion held with the State Minister today. During the tenure of the Prime Minister as the Minister of Fisheries, more than 60 fishing villages have been built along the coast and in the vicinity of reservoirs throughout the island. State Minister Indika Anuruddha told the Prime Minister’s Media Unit that he had been instructed by the Prime Minister to prepare a proposal for the 2022 budget to provide relief to those people. The Prime Minister has also instructed the State Minister to look into the possibility of starting new housing projects in the fishing villages.