By: P.L.J.B.Palipana

P.L.J.B.Palipana — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:28:46 +0000

I travelled from Colombo-Wellampitiya-Banku Handiya through the bus routes 140 and 164. I could bad smell the garbage gardens from the bus.
Most of the slums in the Colombo city belong to minorities(Tamils & muslims) and the sanitory facilities are terrible to think once again as I am living in BRITISH COLUMBIA,CANADA now. I can’t remember the living conditions of the lines in the Plantation Industry.
My home town kandy is the same. Kandy consists of lot of slums of which the vast majority belong to minorities.The sewerage system of the Kandy hospital is overflowing to the nearby roads and during the rainy season the kandy town is a “Jara apayak” for everybody.There are water shortages(pipe lines) at least two times per month. The dirty smelling main toilets are used by prostitues as hotel rooms.The railway line is alse used as toilets.The main market is not used to the requierd standards and smelling bad like a hell.
But our politicians are fighting for power.

By: P.L.J.B.Palipana

P.L.J.B.Palipana — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:04:35 +0000

Although a very short article the essence is very high. In SL, we have A,B,C,D class roads. The A and B class roads are under Roads Development Authority (RDA) of SL and all the C class roads are under Provincial Councils and a part of the D class roads is under the Provincial Councils and the other part is under the Pradeshiya sabhas. All those roads (well planned under the British Administration) were under the RDA. In December-1989 the C&D roads were handed over to the Provincial Councils. As you mentioned in your article the priority must be given to the C and D class roads as they need General Upkeep and Improvement very urgently.There are some C and D class roads which are not belonged to any Authority and they should be entered to road registers. I found such type of roads in Nawalapitiya electorate ete.The entire roads (C & D) net work in the Plantation areas should be up-graded. The bridge structures in C class roads in Nuwaraeliya district should be replaced or upgraded urgently.
In ref.to FLY OVERS we did a price comparison with the recently commissioned Barj Dubai(Kalifa) and we found that our Authorities wasted vast amount of resources constructing them.I found two very valuable articles on this regard from the Island newspaper.
1.A case for Concrete Bridges and Flyovers by Gamini Ranasinghe, Auckland, New Zealand.28/09/2009
2.Bridges and Flyovers by Amor Patriae ete
Ultimately those Flyovers were not a Feasible solution for the background or situation and the Hon.President was misguided by some people around him.
There are very senior engineers to be consulted before making a decision such as Mr.Chandrasena and Mr.Thilak Wilak Wijesinghe ete. The Hon.President could get their contact details from the Institution of Engineers,SriLanka.
My ultimate conclusion is the C&D class roads must be handed over back to the RDA that means the entire Roads Net work in SL should be handled by the RDA. The RDA has very well experienced Engineers,Technical Officers and Supervisors as same as over 5000 new recruites(Political) as excess labour. This labour should be utilized for the benefit of the Nation. If the Grama Rajyas will be installed they will monitor their micro road projects in corporation with the RDA.
I think I widened your article further to suit our local Conditions.
P.L.J.B.Palipana, P.Eng
SURREY,BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

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