Houses for 50 IDP fisher families
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Some of the houses constructed for internally displaced
fisher families in Pallimunai, Mannar. |
A housing project has been completed in Pallimunai, Mannar
implemented under the Uthuru Vasanthaya rehabilitation program of the
north by the National Housing Development Authority for the benefit of
50 internally displaced fisher families.
The project was completed with each family given a grant of
Rs.325,000 and technical assistance. Each house has a floor area of 500
square feet. The beneficiaries had also invested Rs.200,000 for building
their houses.
The government had allotted a 10 perch block for each of the
families, states a NHDA press release yesterday.
The houses are to be opened by the Housing and Common Amenities
Minister Ferial Ashroff and Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa
MP who heads the Special Task for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
early this month, the release also said. |
