Permanent houses for shanty dwellers

Raja Waidyasekera, Tissamaharama Special corr

Nearly 1,000 permanent houses would be set up for the shanty dwellers in the Hambantota District by the SDA on the initiative of MP, Namal Rajapaksa.

The shanty dwellers would be selected without political, caste, creed or racial difference, SDA Chairman Ranjith Gunasekera said. He said that it was necessary that a recipient of a house must possess a plot of land of his own. Each shanty dweller would be provided with a grant of Rs.150,000.

The assistance of recipients should be obtained in the construction work of houses, the Chairman said.