Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 12:03 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka and India have signed four Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for Grama Shakti and Model Village housing projects, according to a press release from the High Commission of India in Colombo. High Commissioner of India Gopal Baglay and Secretary, State Ministry of Rural Housing and Construction & Building Materials Industries Promotion of Sri Lanka Keerthi Ranjith Abesiriwardhana signed four MoUs towards streamlining the implementation mechanisms of ongoing Model Village and three Gram Shakti Housing Projects on 18 December 2020 in the presence of State Minister Indika Anuruddha. According to the statement, 2400 houses for homeless, low income families across the island are being constructed under the four housing programs at a total cost of Rs. 1.2 billion.