215 housing units to replace line rooms in N'Eliya district

Mohammed Naalir

NUWARA-ELIYA: The National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) with the financial assistance of Nation Building and Estate Infrastructure Development Ministry (NBEIDM) under the coordination of Housing Development and common amenities Ministry (HDCEM) has implemented a permanent housing development project to replace line rooms for plantation workers in the Nuwara-Eliya District.

Under this programme 215 housing units will be constructed in the district at a cost of Rs.89 million. Construction work on 123 houses have been completed so far. Each housing unit was constructed at a cost of Rs. 400,000.

Fifty two housing units in Injesty Estate-Dickoya, 12 housing units in Mayfield Estate-Kotagala and 88 housing units in Dunsinane Estate-Pundaluoya have been constructed.

In addition 20 housing units in Wavendon Estate-Kotmale, 13 housing units in Edinburg Estate-Nanu-oya and 30 housing units in Bogahawatta-Patana have been constructed for plantation sector workers.

Twenty two housing units constructed in Dunsinane Estate Pundaluoya were handed over to the beneficiaries by Nation Building and Estate Infrastructure Development Deputy Minister Muththu Sivalingam at a ceremony.

The aim of the Nation Building Ministry is to provide permanent shelter for plantation workers who lived in line rooms for decades according to NHDA sources.