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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 8259052" data-attributes="member: 92282">A Development Authority is to be set up for the City of Colombo.                        The move may see the abolition of the  centuries-old Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) and the proposed statutory  authority being vested with all functions now being exercised by the  CMC.                                                Consequently there is  likely to be no elected body to administer the City of Colombo. In  addition, the authority will also enforce strict guidelines with regard  to all development activity in the City of Colombo.                         This Authority is to function under the Ministry  of Defence. At present, the Urban Development Authority (UDA)  administers a part of matters relating to development activity in the  city, which is under this ministry.                                                A detailed study to  formulate new legislation is now under way. One of the priority tasks of  the proposed authority would be to prepare plans to do away with  shanties located in and around the city. Those living in such areas are  to be found accommodation elsewhere.                                                A hint that the new  statutory authority is in the making came from Wimal Weerawansa,  Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common  Amenities. Speaking as the chief guest at a construction exhibition at  the BMICH, Mr. Weerawansa said there would soon be a boost to Sri  Lanka’s  construction industry when the new statutory authority was set  up.                                                He said the industry  should be prepared to cope with the new challenges.                          The Colombo Municipal Council was created in  1865 under an Ordinance by the British to train Sri Lankans in  self-government. For this purpose, the Legislative Council of then  Ceylon, constituted the Colombo Municipal Council. The Council met for  the first time on January 16, 1866.<a href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100912/News/nws_02.html" target="_blank">sundaytimes</a></blockquote>

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