HC distributes solar lanterns to IHP Phase III beneficiaries

India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Santhosh Jha visited Pitakanda, Rattota Estate, Matale District on Tuesday (20), as part of his official visit to the Central Province.

The houses constructed at Pitakanda, RattotaEstate are among 4,000 houses being constructed for estate workers from the Indian Origin Tamil Community in Sri Lanka under Phase III of the Indian Housing Project (IHP). The phase is near completion.

The High Commissioner distributed solar lanterns to the beneficiary households at the estate, during his visit on Tuesday. The distribution will now continue to cover all the 4,000 beneficiary households under Phase III of the IHP.

The distribution of solar lanterns is an initiative under the special multi-sectoral grant assistance package of INR 750 million to mark 200 years of arrival of Indian-origin Tamil community to Sri Lanka, that was announced last year during the visit of President Ranil Wickremesinghe to India.

Work has already commenced on Phase IV of the IHP, under which houses will be constructed for another 10,000 estate-worker families in the plantation regions.

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