The 12‑storey Kolonnawa Housing Complex, comprising 624 housing units, has been completed, the Ministry of Urban Development has announced.

The housing complex has been built with financial assistance from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) at a cost of Rs. 5,784 million.

According to the Ministry of Urban Development, all arrangements have been finalized to vest the project with the public. 

Deputy Minister of Urban Development, Eranga Gunasekara, visited the site this week to inspect the completed facilities. (Newswire)

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The Deputy Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation, Janitha Ruwan Kodithuwakku, participated in a special inspection tour yesterday to check the progress of the government housing complex being constructed in Malapalla, Kottawa.

This housing complex, being built to resettle residents currently residing on land belonging to the Railway Department, consists of 120 houses.

Residents who are staying on railway lands from Nawinna to Padukka are to be resettled in this housing complex.

Deputy Minister Janitha Ruwan Kodithuwakku instructed that this project, for which much work has already been finished, be completed expeditiously and be vested with the public soon. (Newswire)

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All former ministers who had occupied state-provided official residences during their tenures have been requested to immediately vacate the premises and hand them over to the government.

The Ministry of Public Administration informed the former ministers, in this regard, in writing yesterday. 

It is reported that nearly 50 houses had been granted to former ministers and state ministers. 

However, the Ministry of Public Administration has permitted former parliamentarians residing at the Madiwela Housing Complex for MPs to continue to do so until the conclusion of the upcoming General Election. (Newswire)

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Cabinet approval has been granted for the transfer of a land owned by the Urban Development Authority (UDA), on which an apartment complex has been built, to the University of Colombo.

According to the government, the UDA’s Board of Management has approved the transfer of the 0.2761 hectare plot of land to the University of Colombo. 

The land with an apartment complex consisting of 144 housing units is located at Kalinga Mawatha in Narahenpita.

The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to the proposal presented by the Minister of Urban Development and Housing to hand over the said plot of land with the apartment complex as a free grant to be used as hostel facilities by the University of Colombo. (NewsWire)

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