Amendments to Construction Development Act

Shirley WIJESINGHE

The Amendments to the Construction Development Act which had been delayed for over 15 years will be submitted to Parliament for approval soon, Construction , Engineering, Housing and Common Amenities Minister Wimal Weerawansa said.

The proposed amendments will cover all aspects of the country's construction issues in keeping with future challenges Minister Weerawansa added.

The Minister was addressing the AGM of the Institution of In-corporate Engineers of Sri Lanka recently.

Minister Weerawansa said a specific role will have to be played by the Pancha Bala Kendraya concept introduced by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Weerawansa said the nation had not been able to expose its knowledge and capabilities inherited traditionally from their ancestors over the last three decades. The development of the construction sector will be very important to a country like Sri Lanka which is on a rapid development drive , he said. He said the development of the construction sphere of the country will pave the way to uplift the living standards of the common man in this country, too.

A special program will be formulated to empower the construction sector of the country from next year with more allocations from the forthcoming budget, he said.