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Sir Chittampalam A Gardiner Mawatha

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Estate Housing Overview

The majority of the Estate workers still live in dilapidated line rooms constructed in 19^th Century, out of which about 150,000 units need immediate upgrading. Taking into consideration the population growth in the plantation sector, the total new housing requirement in year 2005 is about 100,000 housing units. Thereby the annual new housing target will be about 14,000 housing units.The main focus of the Plantation Community Settlement Development Programme is the restructuring of human settlements and assisting the community to construct their own houses with minimum basic infrastructure facilities. This has expected to transform the existing settlement into environment friendly settlements while creating a house owing society in plantation. It has also expressed its commitment to the social upliftment of the plantation population and their integration within the mainstream of the society.

COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Being a community based programme of action aimed at developing the problem solving capacity of the plantation community, the programme will depend greatly on the catalyzed community initiatives and involvements before and major activity is decided upon for implementation. Formation of community organization at settlement level is therefore emphasized to enable the plantation community to take decision on their own activities.

LAND REGULATION AND GRANTING AND SECURING OF TENURE

Since this is a comprehensive settlement development programme regularization of existing core-settlement and development of new lands are main components of this process. This basically includes the preparation or individual land plots, accessibility, open space and community services etc.

FINANCIAL/ MATERIAL ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING ADVISORY

This establishes the financing mechanism for the beneficiaries who need the housing assistance to construct or improve their houses. This includes the small recoverable loan assistance at nominal interest rate and material assistance. This strategy establishes in the Plantation Sector, sustainable Housing Programme providing finance and technical assistance.

PROVISION OF SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY

Environmental improvement will be an important component of this strategy. The absence of proper water and sanitation facilities to the Plantation community has already created health hazards in their settlements. This strategy will support investment on public utilities and services necessary to maintain at least a minimum acceptable level of sanitation and community infrastructure facilities and services in water supply, toilets, micro drainage, small foot paths etc. This has expressed the launching of a new settlement development process, complete with all basic amenities and infrastructure facilities.

NEW SETTLEMENT HOUSING PROGRAMME (SELFHELP)

This programme is based on self-help housing concept have been carried out since 1995 to accommodate the additional families living in existing line rooms, families in unauthorized huts and non resident worker families in the Estates. Under these programmes land plots in extent of 7.10 perches are given to the Estate Worker families. Land for these new housing settlements of about 20-25 housing units are given from marginal land already available with in the boundaries of the plantations and the existing site, on which line rooms exist. These housing project are provided with detached individual toilets and pipe borne drinking water.