Ministry of Urban Development (Sri Lanka) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Urban Development
Formed:1978
Jurisdiction:Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Budget:Rs 35,402,210 million (2015 est)
Minister1 Name:Rauff Hakeem
Minister1 Pfo:Minister Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage
Chief1 Name:Ranjit Fernando
Chief1 Position:Chairman
Chief2 Name:K. Hettiarachchi
Chief2 Position:Secretary
Agency Type:Authority
Child1 Agency:Urban Development Authority
Child2 Agency:Sri Lanka Land, Reclamation and Development Corporation
Child3 Agency:National Water Supply
Child4 Agency:Department of National Community Water Supply
Website:Official website
Post:Minister of Urban Development
Body:Sri Lanka
Insignia:Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg
Insigniasize:50
Department:Urban Development Authority
Incumbent:Rauff Hakeem
Incumbentsince:12 January 2015
Appointer:The President with advice of Prime Minister
Termlength:Five years
Inaugural:C. Rajadurai
Formation:1978 (as Regional Development)
Deputy:Dunesh Gankanda
Website:Official website

The Ministry of Urban Development is the Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for planning and implementation of Economic social and physical development of the areas declared by the Minister-in-charge of the subject of Urban development. The ministry was established by an Act of parliament bearing No 41 of 1978. The Urban Development Authority is executively functioning under this ministry that is responsible for empowering to function as the key urban planning and implementing agency of the country.[1]

History

The Urban Development Authority was established by Junius R. Jayewardene on 1978 under Act of Parliament bearing No 41 with a perspective to advance incorporated arranging and execution of Economic social and physical improvement of the ranges pronounced by responsible Minister-in-charge of the Urban Development.[2]

Departments

  1. Urban Development Authority Nimesh Herath is the current Chairman of the Urban Development Authority of Sri Lanka.[3]
  2. Ministry of Urban Development & Housing.
  3. Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation and its subsidiaries headed by M. H. M. Salman.[4]
  4. National Water Supply and its subsidiaries headed by K. Alahudeen Ansar[5]
  5. Department of National Community Water Supply and its subsidiaries headed by Eng.Karunasena Hettiarachchi[6]

Ministers

Parties
NamePortraitPartyTenureHead(s) of GovernmentMinisterial title
5 April 1979 - 10 November 1988 J.R JayawardeneMinister of Regional Development
14 March 1991 - 7 October 1994Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Land Irrigation & Mahaweli Development
Dinesh Gunawardena10 April 2004 - 19 November 2005Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Urban Development and Water Supply
23 November 2005 - 29 January 2007 Mahinda Rajapaksa
29 January 2007 - 23 April 2010Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development
!align="center" style="background:; color:white;"Mahinda Rajapaksa19 November 2005 - 9 January 2015Minister of Defence and Urban Development
Rauff Hakeem12 January 2015 - 17 August 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage
4 September 2015 – presentMinister of Urban Planning and Water Supply

External links

Notes and References

  1. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA . Government of Sri Lanka . 18 January 2015 . 13 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223745/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_15/1897_15e.pdf . 23 September 2015 .
  2. Web site: Urban Development Authority - Sri Lanka . 13 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130120051027/http://www.uda.lk/about.html . 20 January 2013 .
  3. Web site: Head of Departments - UDA . Urban Development Authority Official Website.
  4. Web site: Board of Directors – Sri Lanka Land Reclamation & Development Corporation . 13 September 2015.
  5. Web site: Senior Management – National Water Supply and Drainage Board . Government of Sri Lanka . 13 September 2015.
  6. Web site: Secretary – Ministry Of Water Supply and Drainage . https://web.archive.org/web/20151003093513/http://www.mwsd.gov.lk/secretaryoffoce.html . dead . 3 October 2015 . 13 September 2015 .