In conjunction with the Colombo District Coordination Committee meeting, the Special Subcommittee meeting on Waste Management in the Colombo District was held today (06) at the Seventh Floor Auditorium of the Colombo District Secretariat under the co-chairmanship of the Governor of the Western Province, Mr. Hanif Yusuf and the Chairman of the District Coordination Committee, Mr. Lakshman Nipunarachchi, and with the participation of the Colombo District Secretary / Government Agent, Mr. Ginige Prasanna Janaka Kumara.
The first discussion of the Special Subcommittee meeting on Waste Management was held on the 23rd of last month with the aim of obtaining a specific and permanent solution to the disposal of waste in the Colombo District and coordination between the relevant institutions, and at that time it was decided to implement a joint program for waste management by involving the Solid Waste Management Authority and local government institutions in the district. The progress and issues related to waste management along the Bolgoda River, the identification of lands in the Kolonnawa Divisional Secretariat Division and the issue related to the apartment complex to be constructed for low-income earners for flood control, and the issue related to the relocation of garment traders (businessmen engaged in morning trade) from Maharagama to another location were discussed here.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs Eranga Gunasekara, Member of Parliament Samanmalee Gunasinghe, Mayor of Colombo Metropolitan Council Vrai Kelley Balthazar, Mayor of Kotte Arosha Atapattu, Mayor of Maharagama, Boralesgamuwa Divisional Chairman, Mayor of Dehiwala, local government public representatives, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing, Western Provincial Council, Local Government Commissionerate, Central Environmental Authority, Urban Development Authority, Sri Lanka Department of Land Development, Marine Environmental Protection Authority, Sri Lanka Water Supply and Drainage Board, Irrigation Department, Solid Waste Management Authority, Environmental Protection Division, Assistant Commissioner of Local Government, Western Power Corporation, and all heads of institutions. Divisional Secretaries, Additional District Secretary (Administration) of the District Secretariat, Ms. Kanchana Gunawardena, District Planning Director, Mr. Sujith Bandara, Deputy Director, Ms. Nalani Subasinghe, and Assistant Director, Ms. Gayathri Bopitiya participated.
