The Trincomalee Urban Council is to be upgraded to the status of a Municipal Council.
A Cabinet Paper in this regard is to be submitted shortly for approval. Earlier a gazette notification was issued to upgrade the Trincomalee UC and a committee was appointed to demarcate the boundaries of the proposed MC. Ratepayers were requested to forward their views regarding the demarcation of wards.
Trincomalee UC has an extent of nearly 7.8 sq.km. The UC is bordered on the south by the Trincomalee harbour, on the east by the sea and north-west by the Trincomalee Town and Gravets Pradeshiya Sabha. The entire Trincomalee town up to the Anuradhapura junction area comes within the Trincomalee UC limits.
Uppuveli, China Bay, Sampaltivu, Salli and Kanniyai come under the administration of the Trincomalee Town and Gravets Pradeshiya Sabha.
Currently the UC is being administered by the TNA under the chairmanship of S.Gowrimuhunthan, elected two and half years ago. The Trinco UC comprises twelve wards but members are elected under the PR system. Ten members were elected on the TNA ticket and two from the UNP list. | 
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