India reaches out to Sri Lanka's Tamils with handover of 1,000 houses

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 India handed over 1,000 houses to Tamils in Sri Lanka’s plantation areas on the occasion of Pongal. This is part of the 4,000 houses currently being built under a grant scheme from India.

Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay; Sri Lankan Minister of Youth and Sports Namal Rajapaksa and the Minister of State for Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure Jeevan Thondaman handed over the keys to the beneficiaries from the plantation community.

Baglay conveyed his greetings to the people on Pongal and Thiruvalluvar Day. In a tweet, the Indian High Commission highlighted the cultural and civilisational ties between India and Sri Lanka. The High Commission also reiterated India’s strong support to Sri Lanka for economic growth.

The handover ceremony was attended by a number of Sri Lankan members of parliament.

The Indian Housing Project in the island nation is a key development project being executed in a phased manner in which India plans to provide nearly 60,000 houses. In the first two phases, India had supported the construction and repair of 46,000 houses in the northern and eastern provinces.

India is implementing numerous development projects in plantation areas that include education, health and livelihoods. New Delhi is helping Sri Lanka shore up its economy, battered due to the Covid-19 pandemic and in some measure by China's expensive infrastructure projects.

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