SUNDAY, 17 AUGUST 2014
A tense situation erupted at Bastian Mawatha near Pettah bus stand yesterday (16th) evening when owners of shops there opposed an attempt by officials of Urban Development Authority to demolish their shops.
The shop owners had been informed to remove their shops before 12.00 noon yesterday. The Urban Development Authority that promised the Human Rights Commission to provide the shop owners whose shops would be demolished with alternative places before the shops were demolished is acting contrary to the decision says the JVP Member of the Western Provincial Council Attorney at Law Sunil Watagala.
It is reported that a scheme is underway, on a decision by Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, to remove small scale businessmen from Colombo on the pretext of developing Colombo city.
