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Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi Housing projects next week
Mr. L.S. Palansuriya, the General Manager of National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) said that the Engineering Services, Construction, Housing and Common Amenities Ministry together with the Resettlement Ministry would launch a housing project with 1,000 units in Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi next week.
The significant feature of this housing project is that the beneficiary will receive Rs. 100,000 as a grant from the Resettlement Ministry and a soft loan of Rs. 200,000 from the NHDA. The beneficiaries could also participate in construction work.
The General Manager further said that the participatory community action system in house building which they implemented in Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi was hailed at the UN Habitat session in Nairobi, Kenya recently and the house owners became the skilled house builders since they also had worked with the skilled masons and carpenters under this program.
The first housing scheme- the Araviyal Nagar housing scheme for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) was completed within eight months and the houses were presented to the IDPs in April this year. The Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi housing project will cost Rs. 300 million. Infrastructure facilities such as roads, electricity and water will be provided by the government.