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| Investigation launched to hound out those relatives of the soldiers who protested against the low quality houses |
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(Lanka-e-News, June 29, 2010, 5.20 PM) The relatives of the soldiers who are beneficiaries of houses from the Govt. staged a demonstration yesterday (28) at the Ipalogama village for soldiers.
The relatives have protested because the houses allocated to them are of poor quality and are uninhabitable because of the lack of basic facilities. Though these houses were constructed on the ‘us for ourselves’ funds, monies have been collected from the Soldiers too , the protestors complained.
It is reported that in order that these news do not seep through to the public via the media,, immediate action was taken to disperse the demonstrators , by dispatching a Navy officer to the village yesterday night itself at the behest of a top notch official of the Defense Ministry.
Though 1509 houses were gifted to the members of the Three Forces and the Police at the 'Rana jaya pura’ housing village by the President on 22nd November 2009., the beneficiaries have to pay a sum of Rs. 8 lakhs over a period of 20 years before the ownership is vested in them.
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It is significant to note that under the 'us for ourselves' project, large sums of monies were collected by the Govt. by holding shows in Italy, France and other countries. Within SL too, a day’s pay of workers was collected under while the Business community also disbursed large sums of money towards this project.
Apart from these infra structure facilities which are wanting, the Defense Ministry had also promised to provide, Schools, Pre Schools, playground and sports activities, recreation Hall, medical center Library and a Bank
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