31 Houses Built by MoD Handed Over to War Heroes

Completing the fourth phase of the "Api Wenuwen Api" housing project launched by the Ministry of Defence, 31 houses were handed over among the war heroes and their families in Badulla and Hambantota districts under the patronage of Commander-In-Chief His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday, 25th June. 

Inaugurating the function, His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open the house built at Athiliwewa for war hero Corporal J.K Vipula Kumara while the main function was held at the Athiliwewa primary school at Thelulla in Wellawaya, Monaragala district. 

 
Ministry of Defence launched the "Api Wenuwen Api" housing project to construct 700 housing units island-wide for the war heroes and it is notable that, many Sri Lankans living here and abroad, showing their goodwill gesture for security forces, have contributed to the "Api Wenuwen Api" housing fund at the request of HE President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. 

 
The 'Api Wenuwen Api' fund was a concept of the President Rajapaksa, and after years of hard work and dedication by Secretary Defence Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President's brainchild has now become a tangible reality and so far succeeded in providing hundreds of houses to war heroes across the country while catering for many other social welfare matters of service personnel in combined forces and Police. 

 
The "Api Wenuwen Api" housing project was supervised by Defence Ministry's Seva Vanitha Unit under its leadership of the Chairperson Mrs Ioma Rajapaksa. 

 
Vice President of Defence Ministry's Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs Indu Rathnayake said that this project will continue to build houses for war heroes covering all districts of the country. "So far 88 houses were given to service personnel in Kandy, Kurunegala, Matara and Hambantota districts in the first, second and third phases of the project", she added. 

 
"In the fourth phase of the project, 28 Army personnel, one sailor and two air force personnel received houses" she further said. 

 
Governor of Uva Province Nanda Mathew, Ministers Nimal Siripala De Silva, Sumedha G Jayasena, Luxman Senevirathna, Jagath Pushpakumara, Uva Chief Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa, deputy minister Secretary to the President Lalith Weerathunga, Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, parliamentarians representing Badulla and Moneragala districts, members of provincial council, additional secretaries and senior officials of the Ministry of Defence, senior officers of armed services and police, family members of war heroes received houses and public in the area also participated at the event.

List of Recipients

No	Reg. No	Rank	Officer's Name	Group	AG Office	Village
1	S/318735	Pte	Dissanayaka DMA	Present in Service	Siyabalaanduwa	Hela mulla
2	S/370814	L/Cpl	Ananda AKS	Present in Service	Monaragala	kubukkana
3	S/401815	Sgt	Pushpakumara RM	Present in Service	Badalkubura	Badalkubura
4	S/401693	Cpl	Ananda Keerthi DM	Disable	Badalkubura	Meegahakiula
5	S/513146	L/Cpl	Gamini LA	Present in Service	Palwatta	Buttala
6	S/413068	L/Cpl	Bandara RGDMSP	Present in Service	Monaragala	Wedikubura
7	S/2F03080	L/Cpl	Wijenayaka AKGSDK	Present in Service	Monaragala	Monaragala
8	S/413018	Cpl	Anurasiri KMW	Disable	Badalkubura	Lunugala Janpadaya
9	S/466435	L/Cpl	Dissanayaka DMNK	Present in Service	Badalkubura	Godathatiya
10	S/7G01511	L/Cpl	Samankumara TVKP	Present in Service	Katharagama	Katharagama
11	S/460795	Cpl	Kithsiri KP	Present in Service	Buthala	Bibila
12	S/503485	Cpl	Harishchandra Kumara	Disable	Bibila	Bibila
13	S/553586	L/Cpl	RT Rajapaksha	Present in Service	Buthala	Buthala
14	S/551427	Staf/Sgt	Amarasena BMG	Present in Service	Monaragala	Wadikubura
15	S/366911	Cpl	Rathnayake RMJ	Present in Service	Madulla	Moragolla
16	S/313388	Sgt	Rathnayake KCK		Haldammulla	Uva Mawelagama
17	S/303600	Cpl	Gunasekara RMW	Present in Service	Bandarawwla	Kehelella
18	S/20F00178	Cpl	Sarath Kumara	Present in Service	Passara	Bibilegama
19	S/2G03360	Pte	Athapathu AMI	Disable	Soranathota	Haliela
20	S/451748	Sgt	A Gamini Thennakoon	Present in Service	Boralanda	Boralanda
21	S/4688191	Pte	Dissanayake DMKK	Present in Service	Soranathota
22	S/825965	L/Cpl	Rajapaksha WAUSS	Present in Service	Lunugala	Lunugala
23	S/825343	Sgt	Jayasooriya PU	Present in Service	Haldummulla	Haldummulla
24	S/554374	Sgt	Perera MJN	Present in Service	Bandarawela	Ella
25	S/576666	Cpl	Gajanayake  GML	Present in Service	Haldummulla	Haldummulla
26	S/3Q01787	L/Cpl	Lalanath AWPC	Present in Service	Rideemaliyadda	Mahaoya
27	S/9Q02811	Pte	Wikramasinghe MWN	Present in Service	Rideemaliyadda	Bibila
28	XS 23193	Pte	RMUR Rathnayake	Present in Service	Passara	Badulla
29	13992	Pte	Wijesundara AMT	Present in Service	Haputhale	Diyatalawa
30	27229	Cpl	Rathnayake RMDS	Present in Service	Haputhale	Diyatalawa
31	S/16H00191	Cpl	Vipula Kumara	Present in Service	Wellawaya	Athiliwewa

(Courtesy : MoD)