Turkish Premier to open Midigama Housing Scheme in December

Lalith Nanayakkara

WELIGAMA: Construction work on the Weligama Midigama Tewatta Tsunami Housing Scheme, considered the biggest tsunami housing scheme undertaken in Sri Lanka, with 450 houses, has now been completed and the Turkish Prime Minister is due to open it in December, said Bharathi Wijeratne Sri Lanka Counsel General in Turkey.

She said the foundation stone for this housing scheme costing Rs. 700 million funded by the Red Crescent Organisation in Turkey was laid by the Turkish Prime Minister on February 10, 2005.

Wijeratne said political authorities led by Port, Aviation and Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera provided their unstinted co-operation to make this project a success.