Sri Lanka, April 19 -- The third phase of the Indian housing project implemented by the Government of India in the plantation areas has officially concluded today (19).

Under this housing project, the Government of India has been providing assistance to construct 60,000 houses in plantation regions.

Of these, 46,000 houses were completed under the first two phases.

Accordingly, the third phase, which consists of 4,000 houses, was carried out focusing on plantation areas in the Uva, Central, and Southern Provinces.

Through this, 3,855 families have already benefited.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crisis, the funding for this project was increased by the Government of India to 2.8 million rupees per house, which enabled...