5 EP local bodies to be upgraded
Shirley Wijesinghe
Five Local bodies in the Eastern Province have been selected to
implement the reforms programme recommended by the Presidential
Investigation Commission for the Local Government and Provincial
Councils Ministry, sources said.
Accordingly the Batticaloa Municipality, Kinniya Urban Council,
Trincomalee Municipality, Eravur Pradeshiya Sabha and Uyana Pradeshiya
Sabha will be developed as Model Local bodies under the programme.
The Canada-Sri Lanka Municipal Cooperation project will provide funds
for the projects.
"The programme's main task is transforming the selected local bodies
from a backward state to a progressive and dynamic state through
modernising local bodies to face socio-economic changes," Local
Government and Provincial Councils Minister Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
said.
The coordinating offices between the Local Bodies and the related
Assistant Commissioner's offices of the Eastern Province have already
been established, the Minister added.
A number of training programmes were held for the recruited resource
personnel and handbooks were also distributed among all Local Bodies in
the Eastern Province. |
