$44b mega funding for Megapolis
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$44b mega funding for Megapolis
- Govt. sees opportunity to transform “from an island nation to a continent”
By Charumini de Silva
The first phase of the Government’s flagship project, Western Province Megapolis, will be unveiled later this month and require an impressive investment of $44 billion.
Megapolis and Western Development Minister Champika Ranawaka said the Government is also planning key road shows in Japan, Germany, India, China and Singapore to attract investors to the project.
Western Megapolis is Sri Lanka’s grand strategy to propel the country’s brand to achieve the status of a high income developed nation by 2030, he noted.
“In Sri Lanka the Government is investing about $30-$35 billion per annum and our target is $44 billion for the next five years,” Ranawaka said making a presentation on ‘The Vision of Megapolis and Investment Opportunities’ organised by the Sri Lanka-Italy Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce in Colombo yesterday.
He went on to say that the plan would be funded by the Government of Sri Lanka, private sector, foreign Governments and foreign investors.
In addition assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other international funding institutions will also be provided to promote the infrastructure development of the phase I development plan.
“Our sole aim is to achieve at least 7% or more GDP growth by way of facilitating this Western Megapolis,” he said.
The Minister outlined economic growth and prosperity, social equity, environmental sustainability and individual happiness as the four pillars of guiding philosophy in the national drive towards developed country status.
Ranawaka said the development plan for the next five years is to create investment opportunities in over 200 different projects already identified for implementation.
Noting that the world was well set for re-emergence of Asia’s economic power, he pointed out that Sri Lanka strategically located between Dubai and Singapore could become the ideal spot to have a Megapolis in South Asia.
The Megapolis is the Government’s grand strategy to eliminate congestion pressures on urban physical infrastructure including transport, housing, and the environment, while enabling the country to optimally harness economic growth.
The venture will be implemented in two fundamental transformations – one is the structural transformation of the economy from agro to service based manufacturing with an innovation driven economy and the second transformation, according to the Minister,would revolve around the spatial transformation of urban infrastructure that would reduce the capital investment cost of infrastructure provisioning.
In addition he also stressed on 10 key objectives that would be achieved by 2030.These 10 targets include per capita income rising to $12,000, exports exceeding 30% of the GDP, establishing digital infrastructure, self-sufficiency in energy, food and pharmaceutical by 2030, housing for all, unemployment at less than 1%, education sector upgrades, to make Megapolis one of the top 10 mass livable cities in Asia, and ensure environmental sustainability and disaster resilience.
“We have grouped into 10 mega projects the majority of the development activities that are identified in the planning process based on a mainly functional and geographic categorisation. The first three are major infrastructure development projects and others represent different development projects and their combinations,” he told the gathering.
The 10 mega strategic intervention project are: transport, energy and water; housing and relocation of administration; environment and waste management; aero, maritime and trade hub; high-rise Central Business Districts (CDBs), industrial and tourist city; science and technology city; eco habitat and plantation city; smart city development project and tranquillity and spiritual development facilitation.
Noting that 2016 was a decisive year, Ranawaka asserted that Sri Lanka should capitalise on these opportunities to transform “from an island nation to a continent”.
“In the past we have lost opportunities given to us; we should not repeat the same mistakes again. This is the last chance for us to move forward and to transform into a high income country. We should not be confined to this tiny island, we hope that this island can be transformed into a continent,” he stressed.
However, the Minister cautioned on the gloomy global economic situation but asserted Sri Lanka could have the chance to offset global vulnerabilities.
“I think a lot of enthusiasm is there, but unfortunately the global economic situation is not so good for investments this year. It is a gloomy year for the entire world, but Sri Lanka is stable compared to most of the countries, as we have achieved peace,” he said.
He pointed out that priority would be given to local entrepreneurs and developers who wish to invest on the proposed project and would gradually advertise and publicise the projects so it would be an open competitive process.
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මහා නගර මොන විකාරයක්ද.. රතන හිමි මේ පළු අරින්නේ ඇමති චම්පිකගේද..?
January 26, 2016 at 11:20 am | lanka C news
මහා නගර මොන විකාරයක්ද.. රතන හිමි මේ පළු අරින්නේ ඇමති චම්පිකගේද..?
ලෝකයේ මහා නගර අතහැර දමද්දී අද මේ රටේ මහා නගර හදන්නේ මොන උවමනාවකටදැයි එජාප පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රි පූජ්ය අතුරලියේ රතන හිමියෝ ප්රශ්ණ කරති. දෙරණ රූපවාහිනියේ 360 වැඩසටහනට එක්වෙමින් උන් වහන්සේ කියා මෙසේ සිටියහ.
මෙගා නගර සංකල්පය ඇමති චම්පික රණවකගේ විෂය පථයට අයත් එකක් වන අතර ඔහු විසින් රට පුරා මෙගා නගර ඇති කිරීමේ මූලික සැලසුම් මේ දිනවල සකස් කරමින් සිටින බව කියයි
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වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ අමාත්ය දයා ගමගේ මහතා,
“මම කියන්න කණගාටුයි, අද පාඨලී ඇමතිතුමාත් කරන්නේ ගෝඨාභය මහත්තයා කරපු දේමයි. මේ වේරැස්ගඟ ව්යාපෘතිය සඳහා අවශ්ය අවම ඉඩම් ටික විතරක් අරගෙන ඉතුරු ඉඩම් සාමාන්ය මිනිස්සුන්ට ආයේ ආපසු දෙන්න කියලා මම කියනවා. මෙගාපොලිස් සංකල්පය අගමැතිතුමා ඉදිරිපත් කළේ සිංගප්පූරුව, මැලේසියාව වගේ අද දියුණු වෙලා තියන රටවල් අනුගමනය කරන ප්රතිපත්ති අනුගමනය කරලා ක්රියාත්මක කරන්න මිසක්, අහිංසක මිනිස්සුන්ගේ ඉඩම් පවරාගෙන ඒ අය අපහසුතාවට පත් කරන්න නෙවෙයි. කුණුකොල්ලෙට මිනිස්සුන්ගේ ඉඩම් අරගෙන ව්යාපෘති කරන එක අපේ ආණ්ඩුවේ ප්රතිපත්තිය නෙවෙයි. නමුත්, පක්ෂයට රිංගාගත්ත අය පක්ෂේ ප්රතිපත්ති විනාශ කරන්න හදනවා. ඒකට අපි ඉඩ තියන්නේ නෑ කියලාත් මම කියනවා
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බොරලැස්ගමුව ප්රදේශයේ ක්රියාත්මක, වේරැස්ගඟ ව්යාපෘතිය සඳහා ඉඩම් පවරා ගැනීමේ දී පාර්ශව කිහිපයකට අසාධාරණයක් සිදුව ඇති බව මෙම පෙත්සම මඟින් අභියාචණාධිකරණය වෙත දැනුම් දී තිබේ.
මෙම පෙත්සම සලකා බැලු අභියාචණාධිකරණය, අදාල ඉඩම් ආශ්රිත සිදු කරන සියලූ මැදිහත්වීම් පෙබරවාරි මස 5 වැනිදා දක්වා අත්හිටුවමින් නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කළේය. පෙත්සම්කාර පාර්ශවය වෙනුවෙන් පෝල් රත්නායක ඇසෝසියේටඩ් නීතීඥ සමාගම පෙනී සිටියේය.
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Re: $44b mega funding for Megapolis
Wimal's Lanka Cnews is trying to fool innocent people as always . Luckily majority of the people are intelligent enough to understand.
yellow knife wrote:One problem with Licchavi system is most of the time they don't have a shared vision...
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මහා නගර මොන විකාරයක්ද.. රතන හිමි මේ පළු අරින්නේ ඇමති චම්පිකගේද..?
January 26, 2016 at 11:20 am | lanka C news
මහා නගර මොන විකාරයක්ද.. රතන හිමි මේ පළු අරින්නේ ඇමති චම්පිකගේද..?
ලෝකයේ මහා නගර අතහැර දමද්දී අද මේ රටේ මහා නගර හදන්නේ මොන උවමනාවකටදැයි එජාප පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රි පූජ්ය අතුරලියේ රතන හිමියෝ ප්රශ්ණ කරති. දෙරණ රූපවාහිනියේ 360 වැඩසටහනට එක්වෙමින් උන් වහන්සේ කියා මෙසේ සිටියහ.
මෙගා නගර සංකල්පය ඇමති චම්පික රණවකගේ විෂය පථයට අයත් එකක් වන අතර ඔහු විසින් රට පුරා මෙගා නගර ඇති කිරීමේ මූලික සැලසුම් මේ දිනවල සකස් කරමින් සිටින බව කියයි
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වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ අමාත්ය දයා ගමගේ මහතා,
“මම කියන්න කණගාටුයි, අද පාඨලී ඇමතිතුමාත් කරන්නේ ගෝඨාභය මහත්තයා කරපු දේමයි. මේ වේරැස්ගඟ ව්යාපෘතිය සඳහා අවශ්ය අවම ඉඩම් ටික විතරක් අරගෙන ඉතුරු ඉඩම් සාමාන්ය මිනිස්සුන්ට ආයේ ආපසු දෙන්න කියලා මම කියනවා. මෙගාපොලිස් සංකල්පය අගමැතිතුමා ඉදිරිපත් කළේ සිංගප්පූරුව, මැලේසියාව වගේ අද දියුණු වෙලා තියන රටවල් අනුගමනය කරන ප්රතිපත්ති අනුගමනය කරලා ක්රියාත්මක කරන්න මිසක්, අහිංසක මිනිස්සුන්ගේ ඉඩම් පවරාගෙන ඒ අය අපහසුතාවට පත් කරන්න නෙවෙයි. කුණුකොල්ලෙට මිනිස්සුන්ගේ ඉඩම් අරගෙන ව්යාපෘති කරන එක අපේ ආණ්ඩුවේ ප්රතිපත්තිය නෙවෙයි. නමුත්, පක්ෂයට රිංගාගත්ත අය පක්ෂේ ප්රතිපත්ති විනාශ කරන්න හදනවා. ඒකට අපි ඉඩ තියන්නේ නෑ කියලාත් මම කියනවා
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බොරලැස්ගමුව ප්රදේශයේ ක්රියාත්මක, වේරැස්ගඟ ව්යාපෘතිය සඳහා ඉඩම් පවරා ගැනීමේ දී පාර්ශව කිහිපයකට අසාධාරණයක් සිදුව ඇති බව මෙම පෙත්සම මඟින් අභියාචණාධිකරණය වෙත දැනුම් දී තිබේ.
මෙම පෙත්සම සලකා බැලු අභියාචණාධිකරණය, අදාල ඉඩම් ආශ්රිත සිදු කරන සියලූ මැදිහත්වීම් පෙබරවාරි මස 5 වැනිදා දක්වා අත්හිටුවමින් නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කළේය. පෙත්සම්කාර පාර්ශවය වෙනුවෙන් පෝල් රත්නායක ඇසෝසියේටඩ් නීතීඥ සමාගම පෙනී සිටියේය.
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Thanks sashi.
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දයා ගමගේ සතු ඉඩමක් චම්පික ගේ අමාත්යංශ වියපෘතියකට ගැනීම නවතී
Finally irrespective of the source and irrespective of your level of Brilliance to Foolish, you read the same new...
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Re: $44b mega funding for Megapolis
What Lanka Cnews has mentioned as what Rathana Thero has said is to fool people (as usual).
yellow knife wrote:When a minority of fools read Lanka C News, the majority of Brilliant read Lankda Deepa like this
page...6 Jan 26 , 2016
දයා ගමගේ සතු ඉඩමක් චම්පික ගේ අමාත්යංශ වියපෘතියකට ගැනීම නවතී
Finally irrespective of the source and irrespective of your level of Brilliance to Foolish, you read the same new...
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That was why most fought for changes.
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කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:I am sure it is true because they are no different from the previous M & L gang.
That was why most fought for changes.
Will you vote for another change?
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seek wrote:කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:I am sure it is true because they are no different from the previous M & L gang.
That was why most fought for changes.
Will you vote for another change?
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Re: $44b mega funding for Megapolis
I like Gota because he is a good implementer but not a good talker. Many projects came up very fast without any boosting. Eg: Arcade at Bauddhaloka mawatha, Ministry of sports complex, Gold centre, Trace Expert City and many more development projects.
No talk only action. That's what needed now.
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කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:Yes.
seek wrote:කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:I am sure it is true because they are no different from the previous M & L gang.
That was why most fought for changes.
Will you vote for another change?
Dear Kith
Instead of Changing, changing and changing , why not first we educate ourselves then force who ever in power to do what we want....
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කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:Yes.
seek wrote:කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:I am sure it is true because they are no different from the previous M & L gang.
That was why most fought for changes.
Will you vote for another change?
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He boasts a lot but so far in two regimes he couldn’t do much to justify that.
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At least NATO boys are still not raping the country yet.
මරා - My foot.
(He never won anything legitimately and even in the supposed to be with the New Party, he has to restore to under hand work if ever to come to power).
And this Market manipulation going on is one of the signs.
Create a situation that public will be forced to believe that only මරා can bring prosperity to the country.
Market lover wrote:I would vote for a change too but only if no improvement seen after giving another couple of yrs or so for this new government
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We need to understand the current global situation as well.
Market lover wrote:I would vote for a change too but only if no improvement seen after giving another couple of yrs or so for this new government
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Everyone has forgotten how bad years 2012/3 was for CSE.
That was after a world record manipulation for about 1 year .
කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:Yes, me too is ready to give a few more years of free hands to NATO boys because we have given M & L gang, almost a decade to rape the country.
At least NATO boys are still not raping the country yet.
මරා - My foot.
(He never won anything legitimately and even in the supposed to be with the New Party, he has to restore to under hand work if ever to come to power).
And this Market manipulation going on is one of the signs.
Create a situation that public will be forced to believe that only මරා can bring prosperity to the country.Market lover wrote:I would vote for a change too but only if no improvement seen after giving another couple of yrs or so for this new government
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Bubble bursts happen everywhere and will happen many more times every where...
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(I am no expert but I believe natural creation of bubble is something and intentional creation of it with another hidden ideas is something totally different).
yellow knife wrote:Manipulation of Markets happened everywhere and will happen again and again...
Bubble bursts happen everywhere and will happen many more times every where...
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https://www.facebook.com/patali.champika/videos/1671111549837023/
sashimaal wrote:If this is true, it is wrong.
What Lanka Cnews has mentioned as what Rathana Thero has said is to fool people (as usual).yellow knife wrote:When a minority of fools read Lanka C News, the majority of Brilliant read Lankda Deepa like this
page...6 Jan 26 , 2016
දයා ගමගේ සතු ඉඩමක් චම්පික ගේ අමාත්යංශ වියපෘතියකට ගැනීම නවතී
Finally irrespective of the source and irrespective of your level of Brilliance to Foolish, you read the same new...