Regional government heads’ participation made compulsory at DDCs

Suraj A Bandara

The participation of all respective regional government heads for all district development committees was made compulsory from today onwards by the co-president of the Colombo District Development Committee and Petroleum Resources Minister Susil Premajayantha.

He made this mandatory order for all government officers while participating at the Colombo District Development Committee meeting yesterday.

District secretariats were vested with powers and responsibility to ensure participation of all responsible officers through a proper communication.

The participation is mandatory unless due to unavoidable circumstances, he said.

All stakeholders of the Colombo District Committee development which comprises Ceylon Electricity Pvt Ltd, Road Development Authority, Irrigation and Water Supply Board, Irrigation Department and Provincial Road Development Authority should attend the meeting to proceed with the prompt actions after finalizing them at the meeting.

The Colombo district development problems and development projects will be discussed at the district development meeting which would be held once a month. In addition, another one day meeting will be held with the participation of representatives of all government heads of institutions and provincial secretaries.

There are 13 provincial secretariats in the Colombo district. Copies of all provincial level development projects should be submitted to the Ministers who hold the co-presidentship in the Colombo district and to all provincial secretaries, the Minister said.

He further directed the officials to maintain a close relationship in the process of implementing development projects. Pipelines should be laid in each road before carpeting roads, he pointed out.

All Provincial Councils should maintain discipline in dealing with the development projects. And also ,water canals should be cleaned by the respective provincial councils hereinafter, he said.