20th June 2019, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka:  Today, 383 families in Dunsinane Estate, Nuwara Eliya were provided with 1,600 horticultural saplings in promoting eco-friendly gardening and supporting the concept of a green village. These saplings are expected to be planted in newly constructed houses which are funded by the Government of India under the Indian ...

20 January 2019, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka:  Today, 150 estate families in Nuwara Eliya were provided with the title deeds to their newly constructed houses funded by the Indian Housing Project in Plantation Areas. The title deeds were handed over to the families by the Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms, Hon. Gayantha Karunathileke, and   ...

12 August 2018, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka: The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe handed over the first set of completed houses funded by the Indian Housing Project in the Plantation Areas, to plantation workers in Nuwara Eliya district, today. The project was implemented by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), through ...

August 2018, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. UN-Habitat is actively promoting a green environment in the plantation settlements where new houses are being constructed through the Indian Housing Project (IHP-CUP). In collaboration with community members and the Department of Agriculture, UN-Habitat has implemented a special environment programme to promote a number of greening initiatives including organic ...

Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka.  The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in partnership with the Government of Sri Lanka, Regional Plantation Companies, communities and Estate Worker Housing Cooperative Societies is constructing permanent houses for workers in two estates in Nuwara Eliya district. Funded by the Government of India, the Indian Housing Project in the ...

March 2017, Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. On 6th March 2017, the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, H.E. Taranjit Singh Sandhu and the Assistant Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Radha Venkataraman, visited the housing project location in Dunsinane Estate in Nuwara Eliya District, funded by the Indian Housing Project in Central and Uva ...

August 2016, Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. Following the signing of the agreement with the Government of India in June 2016, UN-Habitat has commenced a number of key project activities of the “Indian Housing Project in Central and Uva Provinces” in Nuwara Eliya district. UN-Habitat is currently implementing this project in two estates in Nuwara ...

10 June 2016, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Today, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and three other implementing agencies signed agreements with the High Commission of India to implement the Indian Housing Project in the Central and Uva Provinces in Sri Lanka. Mr. Tim McNair, Chief Technical Advisor of UN-Habitat Sri Lanka, signed the agreement ...

24 April 2016, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. A ceremony to mark the official launch of the Indian Government funded plantation housing project in the Central and Uva Provinces was held today in the Nuwara Eliya district. The first phase of the 4,000 house project will provide permanent housing for 1,134 plantation sector workers who currently ...