A couple of much hyped housing programmes for the rural poor mooted by the National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) spearheaded by Minister Sajith Premadasa fail to fulfil the needs of the needy due to improper planning and implementation, government audit inspection unearthed.
The Grama Shakthi Udagammana Programme was slated to kick start at a cost of LKR 250 million and complete 500 houses by the end of 2017/2018 period.
Provisions of LKR 100 million had been made therefore in the year under review and work had commenced with regards to the construction of 1,304 houses.
However, not even a single house had been constructed and completed by the end of the year under review, the government audit concluded.
Another shelter programme of this nature called Welioya Housing Project had been implemented by the National Housing Development Authority at an expenditure of LKR 61 million to build 1,042 houses in the year under review.
The construction of 995 houses had been completed by spending a sum of Rs.57 million for the project.
However, the project had been implemented without a proper study or a search on natural factors such as water resources of the area prior to the commencement of the project. As such, the beneficiaries had left due to lack of water in the area, residents complained.
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