In the creation of “Praja Shakthi” Village Development Committees, the chairmanship of the committee will be vested in the chairman of the Regional Coordination Committee and it should consist of fifteen community representatives including the Economic Development Officer, Grama Niladhari, Agricultural Research Officer, Samurdhi Officer of the division and information about it should be provided promptly. Since development activities will be carried out through these community committees in the future, the committees should be appointed strongly, said the Chairman of the District Development Committee, Minister of Plantations and Community Infrastructure, Mr. Samantha Vidyarathna, addressing the Badulla District Coordination Committee meeting held at the Badulla District Secretariat Auditorium on 15.10.2025.

District Secretary Prabath Abeywardena said that the project to protect the Hali Ela water reserve is currently being implemented under the Clean Sri Lanka project, which was implemented with the aim of creating an advanced social system, and that training and posting of officers is currently being carried out to implement the project to eliminate poverty through community empowerment.

The Building Research Organization announced that there are five thousand sixty-seven (5067) houses with high landslide risk in the Badulla district.

Approval was given for the construction of 65 houses in Dambetenna, 11 houses in Bandarawela Nayabedda, 27 houses in Haldummulla Koslandawatte, 23 houses in Haldummulla Malwan Kotsa, 18 houses in Badulla Wewassa, 12 houses in Badulla Thelbedda, 12 houses in Passara Kanawerella, 05 houses in Lunugala Hopton, and 19 houses in Welimada Bowawatte, implemented through the provisions of the Ministry of Plantations and Community Infrastructure.

The program to introduce the road bank protection project under the Badulla Bibila Road Development Project on the Chenkaladi Road is being implemented, and it was also stated that the work to prepare the upper embankment of the road, which is prone to landslides in the Dahatune Kanuwa area of ​​Passara, will be carried out using safe methods within the next year.

The Railway Department agreed to make arrangements for the effective use of the building constructed by the Bandarawela Pradeshiya Sabha on a land owned by the Railway Department in Heel Oya under the Pura Neguma program.
The Deputy Director of Disaster Management suggested that it is appropriate to establish a fire unit in view of the dire need and risk in the Mahiyanganaya division and it was also stated that the matter would be taken up in the future.

The problems existing at the Badulla Teaching Hospital, Uraniya Hospital and Mahiyangana Hospital were also discussed.

It was decided that the law should be implemented immediately to stop the work of the stone mill operating in the Una Golla Pathana Water Reserve due to the damage it is causing to the environment.

In addition, various problems and shortcomings in land development activities, highway development projects, urban development projects, education, health and other sectors were discussed at this meeting, and the need to take appropriate measures to address the relevant situations was discussed.

Minister Samantha Vidyarathna said that since police raids and investigations are continuously being carried out to prevent the deterioration of society due to the prevalence of illegal drugs and the attraction of young people to them, assistance should be provided for that.

Badulla District Parliamentary Deputy Ministers Professor Ruwan Ranasinghe, Dinindu Saman Hennayake, Members of Parliament Sudath Balagalla, Ravindra Aruna Bandara, Ambiga Samuel, Chamara Sampath Dassanayake, Uva Provincial Governor Attorney-at-Law Kapila Jayasekara, the political authority of the district, the Uva Provincial Chief Secretary, Divisional Secretaries, heads of institutions and a group of state officials participated in this event.