Thiru Nadesan makes things worse for Mervyn!

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Created On Wednesday, 06 November 2013 13:02

Category: General

Making things worse for minister of public relations Mervyn Silva, a 156-perch property located at no: 43, Barnes Place, Colombo 07 which is being managed by him, is being claimed by Thiru Nadesan, a relation of the president, who owns a 196-perch property opposite it.

The rightful owner of no: 43, who is overseas, has driven away squatters who had been living there, and handed it over to minister Silva to manage it temporarily. Later, both had got together and planned to build a luxury apartment complex in the property.

Vehemently opposing the plan, owner of the property located opposite no: 43, Thiru Nadesan, has cited that a luxury apartment complex would make the area further congested. His ancestral home is located there.

Thiru Nadesan has met the rightful owner of no: 43 overseas and threatened him to abandon plans to build a luxury apartment complex. A frightened owner has told him that it was not his idea, but that of minister Silva. Later, he had agreed to sell the property to Thiru Nadesan. However, knowing that it won’t be that easy to expel minister Silva from the property, he has devised a plan.

Accordingly, he has got yesterday’s (05) ‘Daily News’ and today’s ‘Lankadeepa’ to publish news articles to the effect that a powerful government minister is in a Colombo 7 land fraud. President’s relation Thiru Nadesan is behind these articles. He expects minister Silva to take fright due to these articles and abandon the property.

Gota says will get rid of shanties in Colombo

Wednesday, 06 November 2013                                                  

Defence and Urban 

Development Ministry Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa who has already evicted many families in Colombo from their low income houses has said that he will get rid of shanties in the city.

He has said that he will get rid of shanties by 2016.

Rajapaksa has said that shanties and slums will be replaced with housing schemes and that the newly constructed ‘Mihidhusenpura’ 500 housing scheme situated in Dematagoda is ready to be handed over to the public this month.

The government has reportedly spent Rs. 70 lakhs on each housing unit.

Meanwhile the Chairperson of the Urban Development Authority Nimal Perera has said that steps will be taken to eliminate the slum culture in Colombo.