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The tap that has run dry. A common site
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Millions in Unpaid Water Bills in Kandy
Mayor Initiates Action Against Defaulters

A recent Kandy Municipal Council (KMC) report tabled at a Council meeting reveals that water consumers owe Rs. 72 million in unpaid water bills to the KMC. The main defaulters are state institutions and relatively big private business establishments. Mayor Aluvihare after assuming office earlier this year has launched a program to collect the overdue money. It appears that he has had limited success. Read More>>

A Small Minority Won't be Allowed to Halt Development - Minister Amunugama

A small minority of people who have no conception of development for the benefit of the broader community are opposed to the Kandy sewerage purification plant project. We shall ignore these misguided individuals and go ahead with the construction of the plant said Minister of Home Affair Sarath Amunugama when he addressed a public meeting recently in Gatambe to inaugurate the project. The Minister of Urban Development Mr. Dinesh Gunawardena was the chief guest at the function. Read More>>

Kandy Car Park Crisis Threatens to Debilitate KMC

The Kandy Car Park and car parking crisis still remain unresolved with the dispute between the KMC and the contractor Property Finance and Investment (Private) Ltd. is steadily moving towards a complicated legal dispute and court battle. Municipal Commissioner Mrs. K H A Meegasmulla in a memorandum to Mayor L B Aluvihare has warned that the Council would face a serious financial crisis unless the matter is resolved immediately. Property developer Thusitha Wijesena who is building the massive Kandy Centre in Dalada Veediya owns the contracting company. Read More>>

 
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KMC's Clean Water and Dirty Water Problems

In this editorial we want to talk about water, a commodity that many people take for granted but should be treated with much greater respect. Elsewhere in this edition of The Kandy News we report on two important water issues in Kandy. One concerns clean water - the unpaid water bills totaling Rs 65m to the KMC. The second concerns dirty water - the start of construction of the sewerage purification plant in Gannoruwa. Both are equally important issues for the Kandy community.

It is perhaps useful to begin by viewing water in a broader context. Just a few weeks ago the dispute over release of water from a small irrigation anicut in Mavilaru in the Eastern Province led to a major battle between the security forces and the LTTE causing loss of life and large scale displacement of people.

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