SAARC facelift for Colombo

Shirley WIJESINGHE

The work of giving a facelift to Colombo City prior to the 15th the SAARC summit has reached its final stage.

The total cost for the project is Rs.274 million which has to be budgeted within CMC allocations. CMC allocations are mainly collected through various taxes, renting buildings and lands and charges on hoarders.

According to the information of CMC the additional funds which is required for special preparedness such as SAARC summit will be availed from allocations of other projects which have not been implemented so far.

The CMC Mayor Mohamed Imythias was on an inspection tour to observe the work in progress. The Mayor was accompanied by CMC Deputy Commissioner ( Engineering Services ) Visaka Dias and Director (Engineering Services ) AMCL Fazal.

According to the Mayor Mohamed Imythias the project is to be completed before tomorrow. The project is being specially implemented in areas where SAARC leaders are expected to visit and some ongoing projects also will be completed in line.

City parks namely Vihara Maha Devi Garden was also under the Mayor’s special supervision.