The Sri Lankan government has decided to take up the construction of 65,000 houses "on a priority basis" for Eelam War-hit families in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.
The Sri Lankan government has decided to take up the construction of
65,000 houses “on a priority basis” for Eelam War-hit families in the
Northern and Eastern Provinces.
This is inclusive of the total requirement of 1,37,529 houses to be
built in the two provinces. However, the total figure is over and above
46,000 houses being constructed under a programme funded by the Indian
government.
After a meeting between Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York a few days ago,
spokesperson of the Indian government’s External Affairs Ministry Vikas
Swarup was quoted as saying that “we expect 46,000 houses to be
completed by early next year.” As per the Sri Lankan government’s plan,
reputed national and international companies will be invited to send
proposals that will be scrutnised by a committee.
The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), which submitted
its report to the government in November 2011, recommended to the
government to address “on an urgent basis” housing needs of those
internally displaced persons (IDPs) returning to their original places.
It had also called for accessing “all possible sources of assistance”
from institutions and individuals, national and international, for the
purpose.
As many as 13,459 families, accounting for 44,934 persons, were yet to be resettled as on April 30.
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