Lecture on urban regeneration projects for metro Colombo
View(s):“Current and Future Urban Regeneration Programmes for the Metro Colombo Region will be the topic of a lecture organised by the British Scholars Association of Sri Lanka on Tuesday, February 12, at 6.15 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka, (OPA)Prof. Stanley Wijesundera Mawatha, Colombo 7.
The lecture to be delivered by Eng. Rohan Seneviratne will showcase the major development projects currently undertaken to beautify and make Colombo the garden city of the region. The plans include developing new green parks, walkways, leisure areas etc. The lecture will also elaborate on flood control measures that will be put in place to prevent the city going under water as it happened in a few past occasions said Dr. V. U. Ratnayake, Secretary of the British Scholars Association.
Mr. Seneviratne is the Additional Secretary (Technical) to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development and also the Project Director of the Metro Colombo Urban Development Project, which is a US $ 223 million initiative funded jointly by the World Bank and the Government of Sri Lanka for flood and drainage management, urban development and infrastructure rehabilitation, and local capacity building in the Metro Colombo Region. Entrance is free.
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