Under the direct supervision of the Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna, Army troops together with ex-LTTE combatants and beneficiaries are presently engage in construction work of new houses in Keeramalai area to resettle 971 displaced families who are presently accommodated in 31 relief centers in Jaffna peninsula.
The project is conducting under the blessings of the President Maithripala Sirisena, Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Eng. Karunasena Hettiarachchi and the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Crishanthe De Silva with respective coordinating by the Ministry of Defence and the Army, the Defence Ministry said in a statement today.
According to the Army sources, the mega Keeramalai Housing Project, executed under a Joint Project Management Team (JPMT) to complete 100 new houses during the Phase I.Each house cost approximately Rs. 9 lakhs, nearly 50 percent of construction work in each housing unit was completed.
