Ranaviru Gammana for Forces personnel

Dharma Sri ABEYRATNE

COLOMBO: The Government will construct 50,000 houses for Security Forces personnel serving in the North and East operational areas.

This project will be conducted under the theme ‘Ranaviru Gammana’ (War Heroes Villages) by the National Building and Estate Infrastructure Development Ministry.

The first Ranaviru Gammanaya will be constructed at Kapugolle, in Horowpathana in a 600-acre land.

This Ranaviru Gammanaya will consist of 5,000 houses. Around 3,000 houses will be built in the preliminary stage, Nation Building and Estate Infrastructure Development Minister S.M. Chandrasena said.

The construction of these houses will be completed within one year. Each house worth Rs.1.45 million has all facilities including electricity and water.

In addition, the Ranaviru housing scheme will have a bus stand, dispensary, playground, wide access roads and other infrastructure facilities.

Security personnel working in the operational areas are entitled to get houses from the Ranaviru Gammana on a nominal monthly instalment basis.