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Indian-funded Mahatma Gandhi Model Village opens in Ampara
Daily FT
|October 31, 2025
HIGH Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha and Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe jointly inaugurated and handed over Mahatma Gandhi Model Village in Ampara to the 24 beneficiary families on 29 October.
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Deputy Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply T.B. Sarath, Deputy Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment Wasantha Piyathissa, and Member of Parliament Priyantha Wijerathna also participated in the ceremony.
This story is from the October 31, 2025 edition of Daily FT.
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