Army Commander inspects new Housing initiative

November 19, 2024

Development - Provincial

Army Commander inspects new Housing initiative

May 22, 2015

The novel ‘House Construction’ project for families of fallen War Heroes and differently able War Heroes is now in progress at all Regimental levels. The project which is a brainchild of the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Crishanthe De Silva., commenced in the third week of April 2015.

This new initiative came into effect after the Commander closely observed and evaluated the need for proper and decent housing facilities for family members of fallen War Heroes and differently able ones, who have rendered an invaluable service to the country as true patriotic sons of Sri Lanka during the war for peace before 2009.

By May 15, in less than three weeks after commencement of the project, 18 Regiments have already laid foundations to build 35 new houses in recipients’ own land slots, made available by two of the selected beneficiaries to respective regiments for construction of houses. The estimated cost of each house is Rs 1.5 million and additional costs have to be shared by the recipient, if they require any alterations or extensions to the individual construction.

Under Phase I of the project, respective regiments bear 60% of the construction cost while the balance is to be supplemented by the Army Directorate of Welfare which also acts as the coordinator for the project.

The Commander who is keen to complete the project within three months (Phase I), on Thursday (21) inspected the progress and received a detailed feedback from the Directorate of Welfare, headed by Brigadier D.A.R Ranawaka.

The Phase II of this new housing project will commence, giving priority to the next segment of relatives and differently able War Heroes, latest by the end of July, this year once all documents, related to land ownership, architectural design, estimate, assessment, etc, are produced by future beneficiaries to their respective regiments.

Under Phase I, among the beneficiaries were relatives of fallen War Heroes and injured War Heroes from Sri Lanka Armoured Corps (SLAC), Sri Lanka Artillery (SLA), Sri Lanka Engineers (SLE), Sri Lanka Signal Corps (SLSC), Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI), Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR), Gemunu Watch (GW), Gajaba Regiment (GR), Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR), Mechanized Infantry Regiment (MIR), Commando Regiment (CR), Special Forces (SF), Military Intelligence Corps (MIC), Sri Lanka Army Service Corps (SLASC), Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (SLAMC), Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps (SLAGSC), Sri Lanka National Guard (SLNG) and Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps (SLAWC).