VP Radhakrishnan meets Indian-origin Tamil beneficiaries In Sri Lanka

Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Monday met with Indian-origin Tamil beneficiaries of the houses built with assistance from India during his visit to the central tea plantation district of Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka.

Radhakrishnan, who is on a two-day visit to Sri Lanka, met the Indian-origin Tamil community and said that the government and people of India have a deep commitment to the welfare of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka.

The vice president visited the



Liddlesdale Estate, Ragala, in Nuwara Eliya, also called the tea capital of Sri Lanka, in the Central Province.

He noted that the Government of India has so far provided 50,000 houses for the Tamil families in Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka, as well as to Indian origin Tamil families in plantation regions, a social media post by the vice president said.

He added that an additional 10,000 houses will be delivered under the fourth phase of the Indian Housing Project.