Hill-country Tamils housing project begins

A project of building 4,000 houses for hill-country Tamils in Central and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka was launched recently.

Funded by the Indian government, 1,134 houses will be built initially. The construction of the houses will be facilitated by the Estate Workers Housing Cooperative Societies (EWHCS) in consultation with beneficiaries.

The High Commission of India would release payment of a total of SLR 950,000 per house in four tranches, linked to the physical progress, directly to the special bank account operated by the EWHCS, according to a release issued by the Commission.