Ministry of Urban Development (Sri Lanka)
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| formed = {{Start date and age|1978}}
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| jurisdiction = Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
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| budget = Rs 35,402,210 million (2015 est)
| minister1_name = Anura Karunathilake
| minister1_pfo = Minister Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage
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| chief1_name = Ranjit Fernando
| chief1_position = Chairman
| chief2_name = K. Hettiarachchi
| chief2_position = Secretary
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| child1_agency = Urban Development Authority
| child2_agency = Sri Lanka Land, Reclamation and Development Corporation
| child3_agency = National Water Supply
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The Ministry of Urban Development is the Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for planning and implementation of Economic social and physical development of the areas declared by the Minister-in-charge of the subject of Urban development. The ministry was established by an Act of parliament bearing No 41 of 1978. The Urban Development Authority is executively functioning under this ministry that is responsible for empowering to function as the key urban planning and implementing agency of the country.{{cite press release | url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_15/1897_15e.pdf | title=GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA | publisher=Government of Sri Lanka | date=18 January 2015 | accessdate=13 September 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223745/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jan/1897_15/1897_15e.pdf | archivedate=23 September 2015 }}
History
The Urban Development Authority was established by Junius R. Jayewardene on 1978 under Act of Parliament bearing No 41 with a perspective to advance incorporated arranging and execution of Economic social and physical improvement of the ranges pronounced by responsible Minister-in-charge of the Urban Development.{{cite web | url=http://www.uda.lk/about.html | title=Urban Development Authority - Sri Lanka | accessdate=13 September 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120051027/http://www.uda.lk/about.html | archivedate=20 January 2013 }}
Departments
- Urban Development Authority Nimesh Herath is the current Chairman of the Urban Development Authority of Sri Lanka.{{Cite web |title=Head of Departments - UDA |url=https://www.uda.gov.lk/ho-departments.html?dep=1 |website=Urban Development Authority Official Website}}
- Ministry of Urban Development & Housing.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
- Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation and its subsidiaries headed by M. H. M. Salman.{{cite web | url=http://www.landreclamation.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=286&Itemid=126&lang=en | title=Board of Directors – Sri Lanka Land Reclamation & Development Corporation | accessdate=13 September 2015}}
- National Water Supply and its subsidiaries headed by K. Alahudeen Ansar{{cite web | url=http://waterboard.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=106&lang=en | title=Senior Management – National Water Supply and Drainage Board | publisher=Government of Sri Lanka | accessdate=13 September 2015}}
- Department of National Community Water Supply and its subsidiaries headed by Eng.Karunasena Hettiarachchi{{cite web | url=http://www.mwsd.gov.lk/secretaryoffoce.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003093513/http://www.mwsd.gov.lk/secretaryoffoce.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 October 2015 | title=Secretary – Ministry Of Water Supply and Drainage | accessdate=13 September 2015 }}
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Ministers
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{{legend2|{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}|Sri Lanka Freedom Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|United National Party}}|United National Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}}|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Mahajana Eksath Peramuna}}|Mahajana Eksath Peramuna|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|National People's Power}}|National People's Power|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{Incomplete list|date=September 2015}}
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! Portrait ! Party ! Tenure ! colspan="2"| Head(s) of Government ! Ministerial title ! |
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| | 5 April 1979 - 10 November 1988 | rowspan="2" !align="center" style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}; color:white;"| | Minister of Regional Development | |
| Gamini Atukorale
| | 14 March 1991 - 7 October 1994 | Minister of Land Irrigation & Mahaweli Development | |
| rowspan=3 !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Mahajana Eksath Peramuna}}; color:white;"|
| rowspan=3| Dinesh Gunawardena | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 10 April 2004 - 19 November 2005 | rowspan=6 !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"| | rowspan=2|Minister of Urban Development and Water Supply | |
| 23 November 2005 - 29 January 2007
| rowspan=3|Mahinda Rajapaksa | |
| 29 January 2007 - 23 April 2010
| Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development | |
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}; color:white;"|
| 19 November 2005 - 9 January 2015 | Minister of Defence and Urban Development | |
| rowspan="2" !align="center" style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}}; color:white;"|
| rowspan="2"| Rauff Hakeem | rowspan="2"| File:Rauff Hakeem.jpg | rowspan="2"| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 12 January 2015 - 17 August 2015 | rowspan=2|Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage | |
| 4 September 2015 – 17 June 2019
| Minister of Urban Planning and Water Supply | |
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|National People's Power}}; color:white;"|
| |24 September 2024 – 18 November 2024 |bgcolor="{{party color|National People's Power}}"| | rowspan="2" |Anura Kumara Dissanayake |Minister of Rural and Urban Development, and Housing and Construction |
| !align="center" style="background:{{party color|National People's Power}}; color:white;"|
| |18 November 2024 – Incumbent | !align="center" style="background:{{party color|National People's Power}}; color:white;"| |Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing |
References
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External links
- [http://www.uda.lk/ Urban Development Authority]
- [http://waterboard.lk/web/index.php?lang=en National Water Supply & Drainage]
- [http://moudh.gov.lk]
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