Mega housing complex for war heroes

A fully equipped Rs 4 billion housing complex consisting of 1509 housing units in Ipalogama, Anuradhapura built for the nation’s war heroes was unveiled on Sunday.

The “Ranajayapura” fulfils a long neglected housing need of the heroic forces who can now boast of a shelter of their own in the happy and congenial surroundings of the historic Kalawewa. The project was a concept of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, personaly overseen by Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, considering the monumental role played by the heroic Armed Forces to bring to an end 30 years of war.

This is the first step in a much larger program where the President has drafted the necessary plans for the immediate construction of 50,000 houses under the Ranaviru Village concept.

The complex takes the form of a compact city with all modern amenities and facilities for sports, recreation, schooling etc. The Ranaviru city is perhaps the first massive scale housing complex anywhere dedicated to armed services.

It spans over 180 acres with each house standing on a 10 perch block of land and built at a cost of Rs. 2.5 million. The town has a school, a hospital, playground, IT facilities, carpeted roads, IT centres and a fully equipped supermarket.

This is the first time that such a mega housing project has been conceived and dedicated to the country’s war heroes.