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
Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 12:03 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka and India have signed four Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for Grama Shakti and Model Village housing projects, according to a press release from the High Commission of India in Colombo.
High Commissioner of India Gopal Baglay and Secretary, State Ministry of Rural Housing and Construction & Building Materials Industries Promotion of Sri Lanka Keerthi Ranjith Abesiriwardhana signed four MoUs towards streamlining the implementation mechanisms of ongoing Model Village and three Gram Shakti Housing Projects on 18 December 2020 in the presence of State Minister Indika Anuruddha.
According to the statement, 2400 houses for homeless, low income families across the island are being constructed under the four housing programs at a total cost of Rs. 1.2 billion.