Rolled Over For Development
The Urban Development Authority last week demolished over 40 shops in Maharagama for development purposes. A board was later erected at the location by the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development against trespassing. (Inset) A group of dejected men whose shops were demolished.
Picture by Asoka Fernando
Well done and Credit to gota. Whenever in west if a news of srilanka is shown its shanties in Colombo they show to discredit srilankans.The penalty is paid by Tax payers who have paid for their land and stamped their deed and paid taxes over their earnings who silently suffer.More over squatters get good schools by squating near schools paid and maintained by the Tax payers.While the villages suffer and toil their land to increase productivity these type of squatters reap the benefit.
A responsible govt must arrange for alternatives for the evicted people,how can you leave them on the streets,without a job?.