The Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna - Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government
The Minister tabled a written answer stating that the Local Government Commission is not functioning. He said the 2012 Delimitation Committee did not recommend a separate Divisional Secretariat for Thoppur because the area had too few families, and that no new delimitation committee has since been appointed, though future steps are expected. He also noted that 40 Grama Niladhari Divisions have over 1,000 families and five have fewer than 100, and that future boundary changes could be considered through a delimitation committee based on demographic and other criteria.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, I table the answer.
¶ 02 Answer tabled:
¶ 03 (a) (i) Yes. (ii) The institution known as the Local Government Commission is not functioning.
¶ 04 (b) The 2012 Delimitation Committee did not recommend establishing a separate Divisional Secretariat for Thoppur due to an insufficient number of families in that area. Since 2012, no new delimitation committee has been appointed to establish new Divisional Secretariats. Necessary steps are expected to be taken in the future.
¶ 05 (c) (i) Yes. Grama Niladhari Divisions with more than 1,000 families – 40 Grama Niladhari Divisions with fewer than 100 families – 05
¶ 06 (ii) Over time, due to population growth, migration, urbanization, environmental and socio-scientific factors, populations and family counts in GN Divisions change. Based on such changes, and considering population, family counts and other criteria, steps to create new GN Divisions or abolish existing ones can be considered in future by appointing a delimitation committee.
¶ 07 (d) Not applicable.
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