Indian High Commissioner, Gopal Baglay and Secretary, State Ministry of Rural Housing and Construction & Building Materials Industries Promotion, Keerthi Ranjith Abesiriwardhana signed four MoUs towards streamlining the implementation mechanisms of ongoing Model Village and three Grama Shakti Housing Projects on Friday.
State Minister Indika Anuruddha was also present.
The MoUs would pave the way for releasing instalments for the houses as advance payment enabling quicker implementation of the projects.
A total 2,400 houses for homeless, low income families across the country are being constructed under the four housing programs at a cost of SLR 1.2 billion. 600 houses under the Model Village Housing Project are evenly spread across the 25 Districts. 1,200 houses are being built under two Grama Shakti Housing Projects in the Southern Province and an additional 600 houses are being built in the Northern Province under the Grama Shakti Housing Project. 96 houses have already been