Thilina Tennakoon Proposes a Flying Squad to Stop Unauthorized Construction

At the last monthly meeting of the KMC the opposition leader Thilina Tennakoon proposed that the Council should set up a 24 hour flying squad to stop unauthorized construction. He pointed out that unauthorized structures on private lands usually come up either overnight or during the weekends. Unscrupulous builders and property owners resort to this tactic to avoid KMC detection. Under the present law an unauthorized structure on a private land cannot be removed without a court order. Getting a court order is a costly and time consuming process. Those who violate the law are aware of this.

PA MMC and Attorney-at-Law M P M Jayasinghe who spoke in support of the proposal pointed out that people resort to unauthorized construction with such impunity that recently several such buildings were constructed in front of the residence of the Deputy Mayor and the Leader of the Opposition.
Mayor L B Aluvihare thanked the two members for raising the matter and agreed that effective steps must be taken to rectify the situation.