By Nirmala Kannangara

Colombo  Municipal Council’s (CMC) deliberate failure to take legal action  against an unauthorised construction on a sanctioned street line in  Colombo 6, has irked the Urban Development Authority (UDA).Despite  several directives given by the UDA to take action against the  unauthorised construction, the question arises as to why the CMC is dragging their  feet and whether there is a hidden agenda over their silence.“We  know why the CMC ignores the UDA orders. 

There is an allegation that  some of the CMC officers are working hand in glove with the encroacher,  who is a businessman. When we met these officers at the CMC they were  talking to us as if we are at fault. Since we came to know that the CMC  is not ready to start any investigation we approached the UDA who are  now in the process of taking action to our complaint,” one of the  neighbours said.