Colombo shanty free by 2023 – Minister Ranawaka
Colombo will be a shanty free city by 2023, said the Minister of Megapolis and Western Development Patali Champika Ranawaka.
He made these comments at a function held in Colombo to celebrate the International Children’s Day. He said that this will be a reality in the event we get the promised funds.
Though there are many good schools, auditoriums the benefits the children of Colombo gets is minimal therefore, a request has been made to establish some national schools to change this situation. The government will definitely work to change the life style of the people living in Colombo in the future.
The education model practiced in Sri Lanka is from Germany and is known as the factory model where children are educated to face competitive exams and the best get the jobs. This model leads to many sicknesses and pressures among the children. The model introduced by Finland does not have exams and competition. They are not trained on a particular skill but guided to solve the problems faced by society. In addition due to the development of technology new technology based systems have also been introduced where as in our country we are still practicing the factory model.
Colombo City will become one of the best economic centers in the world while the Port will change our lives after 2019. Due to the strong steps taken by the UDA construction sector has become a driver of growth and even a small contractor can be a part of the development.
(Government News Portal)
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the colombo is one big shanty so it would be a monumental task to do it by 2023 and whe resurces are funneled to resolve this you create more shanties elsewhere
It is similar to having champagne with a toddy budget
Shanty dwellers are predominantly internal ‘economic migrants’ looking for opportunities in the City.
They constitute an important sector of our workforce; however, due to their fluid situation, their employment is not covered by law.
To move them away from the ‘shanty eyesore’ locations, we need concrete box, high density high rises in locations that offer water, sewer, public transport and IT infrastructure.
The Sri Lankan solution to shanty squatting is to make available new lands where the shanty dwellers move and establish makeshift shanty dwellings.
Entrepreneurs should float a public company in the stock exchange enabling construction of high rise concrete box housing where current shanty dwellers could invest small sums of money as investments leading to ownership of the Units over a period of 10-20 years.
Sister Piyungi,
That’s a value adding comment which most likely will fall on the deaf ears of the Megalopolis Minister.
Sister Piyungi, you are a social reformer, a technocrat supreme and a practical person. Would like to see your name on the ballot paper at the next Presidential Elections.
Sister Piyungi, you add so much value to the blog in Onlanka; Yahapalana Ministers should be reading your blogs 3 times a day and Onlanka editor should pay you a Million Rs per day for your thoughts.