Jana Sevana Housing programme in North achieves success

COLOMBO: In accordance with Mahinda Chinthana, the 'Jana Sevana' housing development programme has been successfully implemented in all districts of Northern Province during the first six months of 2006.

This housing development programme has been successfully implemented in Vanni, Jaffna, Mannar and Kilinochchi districts during the first half of the year 2006 and 618 housing units were completed during this period.

It has been targeted to provide houses to 221 families during the year 2006 under the Jana Sevana housing development programme and 86 housing units have already been completed under this programme. 280 families in Mannar district is targeted to provide housing facilities in 2006. 232 families are being provided new houses in the district.

In the year 2006 it has been targeted to provide housing facilities to 153 families of Jaffna district under the Jana Sevana housing programme in which 100 families were already provided with housing facilities under this programme.

113 families of Kilinochchi district were targeted to provide housing facilities under Jana Sevana housing programme in 2006 and 100 families of the district have completed their houses by June 30th.

The programmes launched under the Jana Sevana thousand houses programme, housing loan and assistance programme, and Sevana Piyasa roofing sheets programme were successfully implemented during the last six months of 2006 in all above districts.

The National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) has implemented this housing development programme through its district offices.

Despite a conflict situation in Northern Sri Lanka, all communities have successfully engaged in housing development activities during the first six months of 2006 with the assistance of housing loan and other assistance provided by the government.

The NHDA says that the householders in Jaffna, Vavuniya, Mannar and Kilinochchi districts have also engaged in housing construction activities like other parts of the Island with the government provided finance and with the fullest participation of householder families.

In addition what ever financial difficulties faced by them, the householder families were genuine to settle the instalments for their loans received from the respective NHDA district offices. The NHDA further says that, the instalment recoveries are in good progress, more than 50% of the recoveries are indicated in these districts.

The housing development activities implemented in North also have indicated much progress in similar to other parts of the Island during the first six months of 2006 within the last decade says NHDA.