“Senehase Siyapatha Gammanaya" at Aranayaka
5:11pm on Tuesday 16th May 2017
The handing over ceremony of 30 newly constructed houses at “Senehase Siyapatha Gammanaya" at Aranayaka was held on 14.05.2017.
83 tradesmen with a Project Engineer under the supervision of the Directorate of Civil Engineering of SLAF was responsible for 10 of the houses.
Construction work commenced on the third phase with the laying of the foundation stone for the ‘Senehe Siyapatha Gammanaya’ in Aranayake on 29 October last year, to house families displaced by the disaster. The Sri Lankan Army, Navy and Air Force did the construction work of 30 houses, (10 - SLAF,10 - SL Army,10 - SL Navy), while the project was managed by Dialog Axiata PLC.
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Mass Media, Gayantha Karunathilake, Minister of Disaster Management, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Minister of Power and Renewable Energy, Ranjith Siyabalapitiya, State Minister of Defence, Ruwan Wijewardene, Deputy Media Minister, Parliamentary Affairs, Karunarathna Paranawithana, Secretary to Ministry of Defence, Eng. Karunasena Hettiarachchi Tri-Forces Officers and other distinguished guests were present at the occasion.
‘Senehese Siyapatha’ is an initiative of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media, Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and the Disaster Management Centre.
Each house has a floor area of approximately 650 sq ft. consisting of two bedrooms, a single washroom, kitchen, living & dining room and verandah.
The houses are constructed as per specifications given by the NBRO (National Building Research Organization) under the aegis of the Ministry of Disaster Management, a leading Research and Development institution in the country and a reputed technical services provider in the fields of geotechnical engineering, landslide risk management, human settlements planning, environmental monitoring, building materials research, and engineering project management.
83 tradesmen with a Project Engineer under the supervision of the Directorate of Civil Engineering of SLAF was responsible for 10 of the houses.
Construction work commenced on the third phase with the laying of the foundation stone for the ‘Senehe Siyapatha Gammanaya’ in Aranayake on 29 October last year, to house families displaced by the disaster. The Sri Lankan Army, Navy and Air Force did the construction work of 30 houses, (10 - SLAF,10 - SL Army,10 - SL Navy), while the project was managed by Dialog Axiata PLC.
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Mass Media, Gayantha Karunathilake, Minister of Disaster Management, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Minister of Power and Renewable Energy, Ranjith Siyabalapitiya, State Minister of Defence, Ruwan Wijewardene, Deputy Media Minister, Parliamentary Affairs, Karunarathna Paranawithana, Secretary to Ministry of Defence, Eng. Karunasena Hettiarachchi Tri-Forces Officers and other distinguished guests were present at the occasion.
‘Senehese Siyapatha’ is an initiative of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media, Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and the Disaster Management Centre.
Each house has a floor area of approximately 650 sq ft. consisting of two bedrooms, a single washroom, kitchen, living & dining room and verandah.
The houses are constructed as per specifications given by the NBRO (National Building Research Organization) under the aegis of the Ministry of Disaster Management, a leading Research and Development institution in the country and a reputed technical services provider in the fields of geotechnical engineering, landslide risk management, human settlements planning, environmental monitoring, building materials research, and engineering project management.
