Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara has taken steps to initiate a housing project exclusively for expatriate workers.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Employment, this housing project is to be implemented jointly by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment and the Housing Development Authority.
This housing project is going to be implemented as urban condominiums and rural single housing units according to the needs of expatriate workers.
A discussion regarding this was held today (16) with the participation of the State Minister of Urban and Housing Development, Thenuka Vidanagamage. During the meeting, it was decided to start a survey regarding the housing needs of expatriate workers from next Monday onwards.
The information is expected to be available within two weeks and the survey is scheduled to be conducted through the development officers assigned to all the divisional secretariats, Sri Lankan foreign missions and through the official website of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment.
The Foreign Employment Ministry further stated that after analyzing the data obtained from the survey conducted targeting expatriate workers and their family members, the types of houses that will be built, the number of houses and the areas where the houses will be built will be identified.
Thereafter, the construction work of the housing project will be implemented on identified lands owned by the Housing Development Authority and the government.
Hilmi Aziz, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment, Rajeev Suriyarachchi, Chairman of the National Housing Development Authority and other officers were present at the meeting. (NewsWire)
