{"id":160191,"date":"2016-04-04T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T18:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=160191"},"modified":"2016-04-04T13:46:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T08:16:22","slug":"wigneswaran-slams-government-over-65000-house-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wigneswaran-slams-government-over-65000-house-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigneswaran Slams Government Over 65,000 House Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Province Chief Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=C.+V.+Wigneswaran&amp;x=11&amp;y=8\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C. V. Wigneswaran<\/span><\/a> has slammed the Sri Lanka government for keeping him in the dark over the programme to build 65,000 houses in the North and East provinces.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_118102\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/npc-chief-wigneswaran-wants-sri-lankas-history-rewritten\/c-v-wigneswaran-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-118102\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118102\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-118102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/C-V-Wigneswaran--300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Chief Minister CV Wigneswaran\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/C-V-Wigneswaran--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/C-V-Wigneswaran-.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-118102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chief Minister CV Wigneswaran<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speaking to the Hindu, Wigneswaran expressed his frustration for being completely kept in the lurch and for the government\u2019s failure to discuss matters pertaining to the construction of the houses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dominating, domineering and hegemonic attitude on the part of the government is irking us. It is not to our benefit\u2026 It may have some benefits for the government because the government may be making use of our trials and tribulations, all the problems that we have undergone; all the suffering that we have undergone, the poverty that we are undergoing, they may be making use of us to get benefits from abroad. To what extent it is our beneficial to us in the long run is to be seen,\u201d Wigneswaran said.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the government should have discussed the matter with him and other representatives of the Northern Province, instead of taking decisions in a manner where he and other people\u2019s representatives in the North were kept in the dark. \u201cNo discussions were held,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Wigneswaran also added that the cost per house seemed extremely high, whereas he believes that for the cost of Rs. 21 million, they could build two to three houses. \u201cInstead of 65,000, we can make 130,000 houses,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The government reportedly has awarded the contract to build the 65,000 houses to ArcelorMittal &#8211; an international company run by Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, despite opposition by the Northern Chief Minister and the Tamil National Alliance due to the high cost quoted for each house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":118102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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