Janasewana programme:

House for needy family

Nethali STRUYS

The first house under the Janasewana one million housing project was handed over to a needy family yesterday by Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Minister Wimal Weerawansa at Diyagama, Homagama.

The house was built at a cost of Rs 1.5 million funded by the Ocean View Company. Ten more houses will be built with their support, the minister said.

The Janasewana project is being carried out to provide a house for every citizen of the country under the Mahinda Chintana Policy and President Mahinda Rajapaksa's concept of "shanty free cities".

The government has invested Rs 9.02 million in the housing project at Diyagama, which is supervised by the Urban Development Authority.