Thilanga envisions beautiful city

Colombo District Parliamentarian Thilanga Sumathipala said there should be proper plans to make Colombo a clean and beautiful city.

He was addressing the Colombo District coordinating committee meeting chaired by Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha at the Shravasthi hall in Colombo recently.

Thilanga said "Several shops in the Borella Supermarket have been closed down, with no definite policy regarding those shops that remain. In the Dematagoda slaughterhouse, around 70 goats and 90 pigs are slaughtered in the most inhuman way each day. Some of the internal organs of the slaughtered animals are cast into the main drainage system. Community Centres in the city are not maintained but have been taken over by alcohol and drug users. The attention of the Municipal Commissioner should be directed towards these issues."

Colombo District Additional Secretary W.N.R.P. Wijeyapala also addressed the meeting.