Ministry of Urban Development (Sri Lanka)

The Ministry of Urban Development is the Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for planning and implementation of Economic social and physical development of the areas declared by the Minister-in-charge of the subject of Urban development. The ministry was established by an Act of parliament bearing No 41 of 1978. The Urban Development Authority is executively functioning under this ministry that is responsible for empowering to function as the key urban planning and implementing agency of the country.^[1]

Ministry of Urban Development

Agency overview
Formed	1978; 47 years ago (1978)
Type	Authority
Jurisdiction	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Annual budget	Rs 35,402,210 million (2015 est)
Minister responsible	Anura Karunathilake, Minister Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage
Agency executives	Ranjit Fernando, Chairman K. Hettiarachchi, Secretary
Child agencies	Urban Development Authority Sri Lanka Land, Reclamation and Development Corporation National Water Supply Department of National Community Water Supply
Website	Official website

History

The Urban Development Authority was established by Junius R. Jayewardene on 1978 under Act of Parliament bearing No 41 with a perspective to advance incorporated arranging and execution of Economic social and physical improvement of the ranges pronounced by responsible Minister-in-charge of the Urban Development.^[2]

Departments

1. Urban Development Authority Nimesh Herath is the current Chairman of the Urban Development Authority of Sri Lanka.^[3]
2. Ministry of Urban Development & Housing.^{[1][citation needed]}
3. Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation and its subsidiaries headed by M. H. M. Salman.^[1][4]
4. National Water Supply and its subsidiaries headed by K. Alahudeen Ansar^[1][5]
5. Department of National Community Water Supply and its subsidiaries headed by Eng.Karunasena Hettiarachchi^[1][6]

Ministers

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sri Lanka Muslim Congress   Mahajana Eksath Peramuna   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna   National People's Power

Name		Portrait	Party	Tenure	Head(s) of Government		Ministerial title
	C. Rajadurai		United National Party	5 April 1979 - 10 November 1988		J.R Jayawardene	Minister of Regional Development
	Gamini Atukorale		United National Party	14 March 1991 - 7 October 1994		Ranasinghe Premadasa	Minister of Land Irrigation & Mahaweli Development
	Dinesh Gunawardena		Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	10 April 2004 - 19 November 2005		Chandrika Kumaratunga	Minister of Urban Development and Water Supply
				23 November 2005 - 29 January 2007		Mahinda Rajapaksa
				29 January 2007 - 23 April 2010			Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development
	Mahinda Rajapaksa		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	19 November 2005 - 9 January 2015			Minister of Defence and Urban Development
	Rauff Hakeem		Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	12 January 2015 - 17 August 2015		Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage
				4 September 2015 – 17 June 2019			Minister of Urban Planning and Water Supply
	Vijitha Herath		National People's Power	24 September 2024 – 18 November 2024		Anura Kumara Dissanayake	Minister of Rural and Urban Development, and Housing and Construction	[7]
	Anura Karunathilake		National People's Power	18 November 2024 – Incumbent			Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing	[8]