Houses distributed among tsunami affected

Mohammed Naalir

COLOMBO: Housing and Common Amenities Minister Ferial Ashraff handed over the ownership of twenty one houses to tsunami affected families in Talpitiya Galle recently.

The housing scheme is equipped with all facilities including pipe borne water and electricity.United Nations Programmes' Country Director Abu Salima, Senior Project Manager Buria Karadasi and German High Commission's Economic Advisor Andrias Heartman too participated in the event.

The maintenance work of the houses constructed in tsunami affected areas has been entrusted to National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) and Condominium Management Authority (CMA).

Meanwhile the Condominium Management Authority (CMA) with a view to finding solutions to the problems prevailing in condominium apartments is to set up one hundred Management Cooperations (MCs) to maintain private and State owned condominium apartments throughout the country. The CMA Chairman M.M.Abul Kalam said that a survey conducted by the CMA showed that many housing unit owners in the condominium apartments are not keen to establish Management Cooperations.