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City Type City Name Target Population Metro region Total
Metro City Jaffna 1,000,000
District Capital Badulla 75,000
District Capital Galle 300,000
District Capital Kandy 100,000
District Capital Kegalle 50,000
District Capital Kilinochchi 50,000
District Capital Kurunegala 200,000
District Capital Mannar 200,000
District Capital Matale 100,000
District Capital Monaragala 100,000
District Capital Mulattivu 100,000
District Capital NuwaraEliya 50,000
District Capital Puttalam 100,000
District Capital Ratnapura 75,000
District Capital Vavuniya 100,000
Total 12,250,000 9,500,000
Policy Direction
• Improvement and expansion of housing stock in both rural
and urban areas
• Replacement of semi- permanent and temporary shelters
with the construction of 100,000 houses a year, until 2020
• Reduction of pressure of people to migrate urban areas with
the expansion and improvements in the housing stock,
combined with the infrastructure improvements in rural areas
• Expansion of housing will be done in a sustainable manner
- Ensure a minimal burden on the delicate environmental
system
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