The first phase of constructing 50,000 houses for the displaced families in the North and the East will commence in Jaffna in the first week of December, Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development and Hindu Religious Affairs Minister Douglas Devananda said.
Issuing a special statement to the media, the minister said 15,000 houses will be constructed under the phase one. The minister thanked President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and National Integration and Official Languages Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara for their support in carrying out the project.
The minister said his aim is to permanently solve the housing problem of the displaced persons in the North and the East.