Rs 120 m for housing development in Trincomalee

Ishara Mudugamuwa

Minister Weerawansa

The Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Ministry will spend Rs 120 million for housing development of the Trincomalee district this year, said minister Wimal Weerawansa.

The minister was speaking after opening two Janasewana housing schemes in Kawantissapura and Mahindapura in Trincomalee.

He said “when we met people in the North and East, they requested to fulfill their housing dreams and provide education facilities for their children. But if we had met these people during the war, their only dream could have been to evade the war. Massacres were common in that era. The leadership of President Mahinda Rajapaksa solved the problem. Now they live freely and they want to get the benefits of development activities.”

The minister said although Trincomalee people are reaping the benefits of peaceful situation in the country, a few unpatriotic persons in Colombo say that Sri Lanka is not a democratic country. They want to present a bad picture of the country to the world and make the country unstable, he said.