On 17th January 2025, High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka H.E Santosh Jha and Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing, Hon. Anura Karunathilaka, jointly inaugurated and handed over Thiruvalluvar Kudiyieruppu Model Village in Kilinochchi to the 24 beneficiary families. Deputy Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing, Hon. T. B. Sarath, also participated in the ceremony.
The event was also attended by Secretary, Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing; District Secretary, Kilinochchi; Chairman and senior officials from National Housing Development Authority, and senior officials from the Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing of Sri Lanka; Northern Provincial Council and Kilinochchi District Administration.
The Model Village Housing Project is being implemented in all 25 districts of the island jointly with the Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing of Sri Lanka with grant support from the Government of India. A Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India and the Government of Sri Lanka was signed for the project in October 2017. The project encompasses housing facilities for 600 low-income families of Sri Lanka, with a model village each consisting of 24 houses per district for families selected by the District Housing Committees.
Model villages under the project have earlier been inaugurated and handed over in 12 districts: Batticaloa, Vavuniya, Jaffna, Kandy, Gampaha, Anuradhapura, Badulla, Matale, Puttalam, Colombo, Trincomalee, Monaragala. The project progress is over 96 % and the remaining model villages too are expected to be inaugurated and handed over to the beneficiaries soon
