The Hon. (Dr.) Prasanna Gunasena - Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways
Responding to issues raised about Kandy, the Deputy Minister said plans for Mahaiyawa include a social survey to determine residents’ preferences for relocation or in-situ redevelopment, followed by a feasibility study to decide the settlement model. He stated that the Akurana flood action plan is being pursued in line with the relevant report and discussed at District Coordinating Committee meetings. On Bogambara, he said a heritage assessment is underway and that a public-private partnership project is expected to be launched around May next year.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Chairman, Hon. Rauff Hakeem raised three points mainly around Kandy. First, Mahaiyawa’s low living standards. The area has two segments—“14” and “MT.” The MT segment has a majority Muslim population and relatively better quality; “14” is where the acute issues are—about 108 acres. Within a week of the Ministry realignment, we met with UDA, SLLDC and the Municipal Council, and planned: first, a social survey—who prefers relocation, who prefers in-situ redevelopment, etc. The sociology faculty of a university agreed to conduct it free; UDA will provide transport. Then we will do a feasibility study and decide the settlement model.
¶ 02 Second, Akurana floods: discussed at every DCC chaired by Minister Lal Kantha. We are proceeding with the action plan aligned to the report you cited.
¶ 03 Third, Bogambara: a heritage assessment is underway, taking about two months. Thereafter, by around May next year, we aim to launch a PPP project there.
¶ 04 Thank you.
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