28 Army Built New Houses Given Away in Sampoor

The second phase of the Sampoor Housing Project for displaced people, actively supported by 22 Division troops of the Security Force Headquarters - East (SFHQ-E) was declared open recently after delivering keys symbolically to 28 house recipients.

The project sponsored by International India’s Filming Academy and Habitat Humanity was brought to completion by the troops in coordination with the Trincomalee District Secretary’s secretariat.

During the recent ceremony at Seedanaweli, Major General (Retd) T.T.R De Silva, District Secretary for Trincomalee, together with Major General Lal Perera, Security Force Commander, East gave away keys to those recipients.   


Meanwhile, 22 Battalion Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR) troops serving Serunuwara area under 222 Brigade of the 22 Division recently conducted a ‘Shramadana’ campaign to clean up Bathiyagama Buddhist temple premises since the area was infested with garbage.