Over 580 houses built in three districts

A housing program for threatened villages (Boundary villages) implemented under the Jathika Saviya program by the National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) in the Anuradhapura, Trincomalee and Moneragala Districts has been successfully completed.

Under this program which is implemented with the guidance of Senior Advisor to the President and Member of Parliament Basil Rajapaksa and under the supervision of Minister of Housing and Common Amenities Ferial Ashraff, villages such as Dematawewa, Gonamariyawa, Heeralugama in the Anuradhapura District, Kalyanapura, Morawewa, Galkaduwala and Indikatuwewa in the Trincomalee District, Havanpitiya and Karandugala in the Moneragala District are being developed.

These housing projects were implemented at District level and infrastructure facilities such as roads, water and other facilities were provided with the assistance of the Government Agents of respective districts.

Under the Jathika Saviya program, 588 housing units were constructed in Anuradhapura, Trincomalee and Moneragala District at a cost of Rs. 86.27 million.

These housing projects will be opened within next few days and NHDA says that the experience gained from this housing program will be applied from the human settlement program of resettling the housing beneficiaries in the North Province under the Uthuru Wasanthaya program in the future.