The Government has taken steps to implement a special programme starting yesterday (1) to dispose of unnecessary items that have accumulated in all State institutions. 

The programme, announced as ‘Seiri Week’, will be carried out over four days, from yesterday to 4 September.

It has been launched with the aim of creating a clean, healthy, and safe environment that enables government officers to perform their duties more effectively and comfortably.

Accordingly, the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government has issued a special circular which has been sent to all secretaries of ministries, chief secretaries of provinces, heads of departments, district secretaries, and heads of public corporations and statutory boards.

This is to be implemented in conjunction with the Clean Sri Lanka national initiative and will involve identifying necessary and unnecessary items and the discarding of all unnecessary items.

The ministry has also issued a set of guidelines on how State institutions should operate during the week.