Housing and Construction Minister Sajith Premadasa inaugurated the 188th and 189th model village yesterday
The minister handed over the land permits to 37 families of both villages which have pipe-borne water, electricity, internal roads and home garden.
These model villages were built by the National Housing Development Authority (NHDA), under the Samata Sevena housing programme, under which 2,500 model villages will be opened islandwide by December 2020.
The minister aims to provide shelter to every citizen in the country.