President hands over modern houses to 437 low income families in Colombo
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday handed over 437 houses constructed under the 'Niwasak Wenuwata Jivitayak' program implemented by the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development and the Urban Development Authority, to the people at the Siyapath Sevana new housing scheme in Dematagoda.
The housing project, implemented to provide better housing facilities to the underprivileged people in the City of Colombo, was launched under the program to settle over 50,000 families living in 1,500 dwellings, under minimum facilities in Colombo city, in apartment complexes with all facilities.
The fully fledged housing units encompassing all modern facilities have been constructed at a cost of Rs. 1.748 billion.
Under the program 1,874 houses built at a cost of Rs. ...