Fifty families who lost their homes in a landslide in Kabaragala on March 19, 2023, are to receive new houses on Aug. 28 after living for nearly three and a half years under difficult conditions in an abandoned tea factory.
The 50 houses constructed under the “Navodayapuram” housing project are scheduled to be handed over to the families under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Each family has been provided with 10 perches of land and a 550-square-foot house comprising two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen and bathroom.
Approximately Rs. 3.2 million has been spent on each house, according to the project details.
In addition to the houses and land, essential household and kitchen items worth approximately Rs. 175,000 are being provided to each family to help them begin their lives in their new homes.
The distribution of the essential items took place Tuesday (25).
The project aims to provide the 50 families with safe housing, their own land and basic facilities after they spent years living in an unsafe environment following the landslide.
The housing project is being presented as part of the government’s efforts to improve the living conditions of the Malayaga community under its “A Thriving Nation – A Beautiful Life” policy. (Newswire)