Interim relief for Slave Island squatters
by Ananda Kannangara
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All families living in unauthorised houses at Slave Island will be
granted Rs. 8,000 each every month to lease houses wherever they prefer
until the multi-storeyed complex at Dematagoda is completed, a spokesman
for the Urban Development Authority (UDA) said yesterday.
Housing Project, Co-ordinator Ajith Kumara told the Sunday Observer
that the Rs. 8,000 will be paid only for those who have not yet shifted
to transit houses at Mattakkuliya provided by the state.
He said over fifty families from Glennie Passage, Station Passage,
and Pahala Watta in Kompannaweediya have already shifted to transit
houses following the demolition of their unauthorised houses by the UDA
last week. |
