High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha and Rural and Urban Development, Housing and Construction Ministry Secretary, Atapattu jointly inaugurated and handed over Thiththavelkiwla Model Village in Moneragala to the 24 beneficiary families on Monday (4). District Secretary, Moneragala; Chairman, National Housing Development Authority; officials from the Rural and Urban Development, Housing and Construction Ministry, Uva Provincial Council and Moneragala District Administration attended the event.
The model village housing project is being implemented in all 25 districts of the country jointly with the Rural and Urban Development, Housing and Construction Ministry with grant support from India. A MoU between India and Sri Lanka was signed for the project in October 2017. The project encompasses housing facilities for 600 low-income families of Sri Lanka, with a model village each consisting of 24 houses per district for families selected by the District Housing Committees.
Model villages under the project have earlier been inaugurated and handed over in 11 districts: Batticaloa, Vavuniya, Jaffna, Kandy, Gampaha, Anuradhapura, Badulla, Matale, Puttalam, Colombo and Trincomalee.
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