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Mayor Kesera Senanayake hands over the car park management agreement

Kandy Struggles to Adjust to New Parking Rules

After the KMC handed over earlier this month the management of the new car park and street parking to a private company Property Finance and Investments Kandy (Pvt.) Ltd numerous conflicts have arisen between the new management and various sectional interests in town. The latter include business owners, three-wheeler operators as well as some truck owners and motorists who park for extended periods of time. Read More>>

Mayor Kesera Senanayake hands over the car park management agreement to Mr. Thusitha Wijesena... Read Full Story>>
Construction in Kandy Town Bird Park Foiled

The Kandy Police and concerned citizens foiled an attempt of a businessman to construct a milk bar in the green space located between the Kandy Central Market and the Clock Tower Bus Station. Popularly known as Kurulu Uyana which is one of the very few green spaces that still remains in the city. Read More>>

 Construction in Kandy Town Bird Park Foiled
Mayor Vows to Fight Corruption in KMC

Mayor Kesera Senanayake vowed to fight corruption in the Kandy Municipal Council with all the power and resources at his disposal. He was responding to a complaint from the JVP KMC member Anura Gonawela who alleged that the husband-wife duo that was in charge of the Council computer unit for ten years has resigned and disappeared without a trace as people began to question their probity. It is alleged that they had sold to the Wattegama Urban Council the software package that they designed for the KMC to collect rates and water bills. They are also suspected of having erased from the computer records a water bill for Rs 21,000 that a Kandy business owed the Council.   Read More>>

Editorial

Resolving the Parking Dispute

The changes in parking arrangements in Kandy town that were made by the KMC following the handing over of the new multi-storey car park to private management has created a lot of controversy. Otherwise staid businessmen have become militant overnight and have gone to the extent of advocating non-payment of the new parking fees. The basics of the issue are quite straight forward.
KMC has to pay Rs 950,000 per month for several years to come to settle a part of the loan taken from the Asian Development Bank to build the car park. Each month the Council earned about Rs 600,000, spent Rs 1.1m on maintenance and incurred a loss of Rs 500,000 when it ran the facility between July 14 and October 31.

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State Bank of India
Comes to Kandy

The State Bank of India (SBI) opened
a branch in Kandy earlier
this month>>
 

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