Demarcation of wards speeded

by Ranil Wijayapala

The Ministry of Local Government and Provincial Councils expects to complete the process of demarcating wards in all 335 Local Authorities within two months after the appointment of the National Delimitation Committee and the district level Delimitation Committees, Secretary to the Ministry R.A.A.K. Ranawake told the Sunday Observer.

He said that the Minister is due to appoint the National Delimitation Committee and the other district level committees within this month, enabling them to commence work soon.

The Secretary said public notices will be issued soon after the appointment of the committees permitting political parties and other civil organisations to make their representations to the National and District committees, to consider their views when making recommendations to the Minister regarding the wards.

"We expect to complete this process within two months as the district level officials have acquired a basic idea about the ward system at present", the Secretary added.