Weeraketiya is the birth place of Mahinda Rajapakse, and his father.
It is in the Beliatte electorate where he was first elected as a Member of Parliament is 1970.
He also lost his seat in Parliament in 1977, and did not regain it until 1989.
Now this electorate is represented by his niece Nirupama Rajapakse Nadesan.
While these 38 families have been given loans by the private bank, and not the government owned banks such as People's Bank or Bank of Ceylon, there are no housing loans for the Tamil civilians whose homes were destroyed by the GOSL and it's military forces. There are 100,000 such families in the Northern Province alone and most of them suffered immensley in internment camps under cruel and inhuman conditions for over a year.
Meanwhile the private banks open new branch offices under the pretext of assistaing the Tamil civilians, but the real motive is to collect their saving deposits, open current accounts and also handle thousands of inward remittances from overseas which are immensely profitable.
Such funds are then brought to Colombo and the South for investments and loans such as these to the 38 families who are either relatives, friends and voters of the Rajapakse clan.
How convenient?
Everything happens only in Hambantota.
Rs. 10.5mn project for low income housing in H’totaSeptember 17, 2010, 6:22 pm
Booming Hambantota recently saw 38 families gaining financial support, from Hatton National Bank (HNB) and Lanka Financial Services for Underserved Settlements (LFSUS), aimed at providing a roof above their heads and a means of livelihood.
This was provided through the Ruhunu Rural Women’s Organization (RRWO) that has been closely working with the community in Hambantota district on various projects mainly related to income generating activities.
A loan disbursing ceremony took place recently in Buddhiyagama, Weeraketiya where the total loan of Rs.10.5 million was granted to the RRWO to facilitate low income housing for the community in the area.
The majority of the families living in the Weeraketiya Divisiona Secretariat Division are mainly engaged in agriculture, fisheries, trading, small cottage industries, and government/ private sector employments.
Through this project, all the selected beneficiaries will receive on average a loan of Rs.275, 000 per house to be repaid over a period of 5 years. This is the first house upgrading project initiated in Hambantota and is the fourth such project carried out in partnership between the two organizations in their island-wide programme.
Hatton National Bank has been actively involved in rural development during the last four decades. The bank has been in the forefront by providing financial services to the rural community covering a wide and extensive area focussing on agriculture, agri processing, animal husbandry, fisheries, trading & other self employment projects.
The micro loans disbursed to the community are for the sole purpose of restoring and completing existing basic housing structures. The aim of HNB and LFSUS in carrying out this initiative is targeted at providing aid to people in rural areas of the country so as to generate new prospects through housing finance leading to develop rural economy and creation of new employment in the area.
Addressing the gathering Chandula Abeywickrama ,Chairman of LFSUS and Deputy General Manager -Marketing and Retail Banking of HNB, said, "this loan would create a dual purpose of providing security and refuge for children and providing of space to carry on an enterprise within the precincts of one’s own home for sustenance.
Expressing his enthusiasm of the outcome of the project, Abeywickrama observed the keen effort and dedication of the community towards obtaining the loans. He also said that this project will help lay the foundation to witness its success in the future."
Lanka Financial Services for Underserved Settlements CEO, Ms. Ayanthi Gurusinghe said, "LFSUS intends on creating sustainable projects with the ability to function whilst being committed to making the low income sector credit worthy and capable of obtaining loans for housing."
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