New housing complex for state employees

The construction of a new housing complex with 608 apartment units for employees of the state sector was begun yesterday in the Borella area.

The housing complex comprises of 21 floors and 608 units of houses and each would be sold for around Rs. 8 million. The infrastructure of the scheme has been formally developed following international standards and would have all the facilities required for a comfortable urban lifestyle including playgrounds and children’s parks. The Urban Development Authority said that a sum of Rs. 4,449 million has been allocated for this housing project. Meanwhile, employees would be required to have a minimum service period of 10 years to apply for apartments in the Borella scheme. Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that the main objective of this project will be to ease the housing problems of employees who come to Colombo from rural areas by providing them with residences within Colombo.