N-E Housing Project:

Indian official arrives

Chaminda PERERA

Showing India's keen interest to assist in the North and East reconstruction drive, the Indian Government yesterday sent a key official to Colombo to discuss the implementation of 50,000 housing project funded by India. India announced assistance to construct 50,000 housing units for the people displaced by terrorism in the North and East during President Mahinda Rajapaka's official visit to India recently.

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa on behalf of the Government met Indian External Affairs Ministry's Chief Financial Advisor K.N. Shrivastava and had discussion over the construction of 50,000 houses for the people affected by the terrorism in the two provinces.

The discussion was held at the Presidential Secretariat.