22nd Model Village in Galle built with Indian Grant Support, handed over to beneficiaries!

On 22 October 2026, the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, H.E. Santosh Jha, and Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply, Hon. Dr. H. M. Susil Ranasinghe, jointly inaugurated and handed over 24 housing units in ‘Didula’ Model Village in Galle District.

The Model Village Housing Project is being implemented in all 25 districts of the island jointly with the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Water Supply of Sri Lanka with grant support from the Government of India. A Memorandum of Understanding for the initiative was signed in October 2017 between the Governments of India and Sri Lanka.

The project encompasses housing facilities for 600 low-income families of Sri Lanka, with each model village consisting of 24 houses per district for families selected by the District Housing Committees.

Model villages under the project have already been inaugurated and handed over in 21 districts: Batticaloa, Vavuniya, Jaffna, Kandy, Gampaha, Anuradhapura, Badulla, Matale, Puttalam, Colombo, Trincomalee, Monaragala, Kilinochchi, Mannar, Mullaitivu, Ratnapura, Ampara, Kurunegala, Kegalle, Kalutara and Polonnaruwa. The project progress is nearly 98.6% and the remaining three model villages are expected to be inaugurated and handed over to the beneficiaries soon.

The inauguration event was also attended by District Parliamentarians, Chairman and senior officials from National Housing Development Authority, and officials from Galle District Administration.