A new house, constructed under the Samurdhi Development
Department’s "Ranvimana" housing program ("A Comfortable
Home An Empowered Family") for a
homeless family benefiting from the "Aswesuma" scheme, was declared
open today (August 6, 2026). Located in the Palanwatta West Grama Niladhari
Division within the Kesbewa Divisional Secretariat Division of the Colombo
District, the house was opened by Dr. Upali Pannila, Minister of Rural
Development, Social Security, and Community Empowerment