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by Don Asoka Wijewardena

Around 12 condominium housing projects in which some housing units are unsuitable for living will be demolished shortly. Some housing units in 12 housing projects in Colombo city limits are found to be on the verge of collapse.The Soysa Flats in Slave Island will be demolished completely, said Condominium Management Authority (CMA) General Manager Athula Wimalaratne.

The condominium housing units to be demolished include Regent flats, Saunders flats, Stadium flats, Maligawatte flats, Kettharama housing units, Wekanda flats, low-cost housing units in Ratmalana, Mayura Place housing units in Colombo 5, CMC flats in Borella and Wanathamulla flats.

Wimalaratne said that in accordance with the Condominium Management Authority (Amendment) Act No 24 of 2003 the CMA had been empowered to formulate and submit condominium re-development programs,including capital investment plans to the minister for approval by the government,and also to call upon the National Housing Development Authority (NHDA), Urban Development Authority (UDA), local authority, government authority or any private sector developer to undertake the implementation of dilapidated condominiums re-development projects.

GM Wimalaratne said the demolition process would be carried out under the re-development of dilapidated structures. He also said that the CMA faced an intractable problem of relocating the housing units occupants as some were found to be reluctant to leave and some were interested to get permanent resettlements with more spacious ones.

Referring to the problems of relocating occupants, Wimalaratne explained that due to lack of attitude change,political interference and misleading elements some occupants did not want to co-ordinate with the CMA. He said that it was the wish of the CMA to provide safer housing units to occupants and it was not the wish of the CMA to dehouse any occupant living in condominium housing projects.

When asked about the affected lats.Wimalaratne said that the Soysa flats in Slave island and some housing projects in the Kettharama area had posed big problems due to internal leakages and some walls were on the verge of collapse.

Wimalaratne said that the CMA had invited private sector developers/ investors and some state institutions to come out with their proposals to identify the most appropriate action to re-develop the affected housing projects. He said that in this process investments could be recovered with profits with the introduction of certain commercial activities in line with the CMA rules and regulations.

He also said that the CMA,as a regulatory body, would encourage developers and investors to go for mixed condominiums and high-rise buildings in those prime locations and most appropriate project proposals would be formulated on these aspects.

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