The Prime Minister made these remarks while responding to the questions raised by the Member of Parliament Mr. Mano Ganesen on 09 September.
The Prime Minister stated that under the ongoing housing programme, the construction of 962 incomplete housing units have been completed and the number of houses handed over to the beneficiaries are 629 and the number of houses scheduled to be handed over to the beneficiaries is 333.
The Prime Minister further stated,
Disaster housing projects, the Indian housing project and estate housing projects are being implemented on land provided by the government. Under the disaster housing projects, 392 housing units are currently under construction through district secretariats.
Construction of 118 housing units have been completed and are scheduled to be handed over to the beneficiaries. Under Phase 4 of the Indian grant, 10,000 housing projects, construction works of 522 housing units out of 1,300 housing units are under construction, have been completed and scheduled to be handed over to the beneficiaries.
The policy of the government is to provide a house with a ten-perch plot of land for the plantation community. Accordingly, under the ongoing Indian Grant Housing Program, housing projects have been initiated in 129 estates for 2,184 beneficiaries who have met the primary eligibility criteria to receive a house.
Allocations are not directly earmarked for the new villages development authority for the plantation region, (NEVIDA) and allocations for the development programs of this Authority are provided through the allocations of the Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure. Accordingly, allocations for the years 2025 and 2026 have been earmarked as follows: 2025 allocation Sri Lankan Rupees 42.5 million, 2026 allocation Sri Lankan Rupees 85 million.
Under the Indian grant 10,000 housing project, construction works of 522 housing units out of 1,300 units have been completed and these houses are scheduled to be handed over to the beneficiaries. Furthermore, preliminary work is currently underway to construct 2,529 housing units.
Prime Minister’s Media Division