'CMCC makes work efficient'

Chrisni MENDIS

The objective of merging the local municipal councils is to make the work more efficient, said former UN senior officer S Sejivanatum who is an officer of town planning in the UK and an architect for the local towns.

She was addressing a seminar organized by the Women for Good Governance (WGG) on June 21 at the Organization of Professional Associations Auditorium to discuss the merging of the local municipalities and the creation of the Colombo Metropolitan City Corporation (CMCC) which had been approved in March.

An urban designer for the town within the corporation, Surath Wickramasinghe said that local authorities are too small.

Thus, combining the councils and forming a large-scale body is more appropriate and would function better.

According to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, establishing the Colombo Metropolitan City Corporation will not cause a negative impact on the local government institutions in the Colombo city and suburban areas.

Electing representatives for these institutions will be carried out as usual. The proposed Colombo Metropolitan City Corporation will streamline the development activities in the city areas.