New tsunami villages still with gravel roads
Fred Silva Jinasena Telwatta group correspondent
The Local Government and Provincial Council Authorities have failed
in constructing decent roads around the tsunami housing complex at
Galagodawatta situated in the Divisional Secretariat Division, Hikkaduwa
and in the Rathgama Pradeshiya Sabha Division since 2005.
After the tsunami disaster a large number of foreign NGO
representatives were engaged in constructing new houses for the
displaced and they were able to construct about a 1,000 beneficiary
houses within one year with temporary gravel roads.
But since then those gravel roads are in a dilapidated condition with
drains cut across them. The pathetic state of these roads has been
informed by A.F. de Silva, a tsunami displaced living in Galagoda to the
Local Government and Provincial Councils Minister in July 2007.
The Minister has forwarded his request to Shan Wijelal de Silva the
Chief Minister of the Southern PC in August 2007.
The Chief Minister has directed the request to the Commissioner of
Local Government Southern Province, Galle on August 2007 and the
Commissioner has forwarded it to the Chairman, Pradesheeya Sabha,
Rathgama, Hikkaduwa for actions, but so far the Rathgama P.S. has not
taken any action to construct this most important isolated Galagodawatta
Tsunami Housing Complex road. |