The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka - Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing
The Minister stated that, by 2020, approximately 125.9 hectares of land within Colombo City had been acquired or vested in the Urban Development Authority under relevant land acquisition and UDA laws. He tabled an annexure listing 20 identified land parcels intended for investment projects, including proposed mixed developments at Chalmers land in Fort and No. 125, Chatham Street, with details of location, extent and proposed use. He said the remaining part of the question was not applicable.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, the answer is as follows.
¶ 02 (a)(i) Yes. Lands within Colombo City identified for development projects have been acquired/vested in the Urban Development Authority under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act No. 9 of 1950, Section 6(1) of the State Lands (Recovery of Possession) Act, and Section 15(1) of the Urban Development Authority Act No. 41 of 1978. Accordingly, as informed by the Director-General of the UDA, by 2020 the UDA had acquired/vested approximately 125.9 hectares within the City of Colombo (within the Colombo and Thimbirigasyaya Divisional Secretariats).
¶ 03 (ii) Of the above lands, the lots expected to be used for investment projects relevant to proposed developments are listed in Column 1 of the annexed schedule. I table the annexure. Details for 20 lands have been provided. For example, at Chalmers land, Fort, Colombo (3.9 ha), a mixed development project is proposed; and at No. 125, Chatham Street (0.2 ha), a mixed development is proposed. The table gives, for each land, the address, extent, and proposed project.
¶ 04 (iii) The proposed investment projects for each land are given in Column 3 of the annexed table.
¶ 05 (b) Not applicable.
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