Sunday, March 26, 2017

Moratuwa MC gets pro-active with RTI.

Sunday Times: Sri Lanka: Sunday, March 26, 2017.
In a pro-active approach to the Right to Information (RTI) Act the Moratuwa Municipal Council will be posting information of public interest on a dedicated website.
Municipal Commissioner, C.C.K. Mannapperuma said the website that is currently being designed, will carry information on the projects undertaken by the Municipality.
On February 27, the MC also published notices comprising a list of 40 projects for which millions of rupees had been allocated, in three newspapers, Sinhala, Tamil and English, Mr. Mannapperuma said.
The notices said they were meant “for all persons that (who) may be affected in terms of the provisions of the Right to Information Act No. 12 of 2016” by a list of works to be undertaken by the MC.
The 40 projects included paving of roads, construction of boundary walls, repairs to drains, among other work.