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India, Sri Lanka ink housing project deal in Hambantota
October 28 , 2017
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- Sri Lanka signed an agreement with India to build 1,200 houses in a public ceremony held in the southern port city.
- Of the 1,200 houses to be built, 600 will be constructed in the Southern Province, while the remaining would be built across Sri Lanka, through one model village in each of the country’s 25 districts.
- Hambantota is the main town in Hambantota District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
- Hambantota is right in the middle of vital energy supply lines in the Indian Ocean, connecting the Middle East and East Asia
- The signing of the MoU in Hambantota assumes significance not only in its timing, but also in taking India’s housing project to the Sinhala-majority Southern Province.
- India has been taking steps to protect itself in the Indian Ocean by allying itself with the United States and Japan in a clear bid to counter growing Chinese influence.
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