Officials in the city of Colombo responded strongly to the report by the Economists Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranking Colombo as one of the worst livable cities in the world.
“I am surprised as to how they made this assessment, I’m sure it was made on outdated data about 10 years ago. Colombo is far ahead of any other South Asian country in terms of road discipline and cleanliness and those dignitaries who visit the island tell us that all the time,” Colombo Municipal Commissioner Omar Kamil said.
Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal questioned the veracity of the information used in the Survey. “People in the city of Colombo can see how much it has improved, if they rank us in the bottom 10 then I don’t know what kind of criteria they are using,” he said.
The World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other financial institutions had supposedly released reports that reported a favourable situation in Colombo, according to the Mass Media Minister and Government Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella
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