Beira Lake Intervention Area Development Guide Plan(2021-2030)

Beira Lake is the main water body which is locating within the Central Business District of Western Region in close proximity to the Colombo Port and Port City Developments. The lake covers about 65.4 Ha. and has a mean depth of 2.0m. The area is mostly flat, with ground level ranging from less than 1m to 6m above mean sea level and catchment area is about 629Ha with comprising five main basins. Beira Lake as a unique water body is adding environmental and economic values to the area while emerging the potential for waterfront development with the rapid urbanization of the Colombo as the Central Business District of whole country. But today Beira Lake is a center for the various incompatible uses which include dumping of garbage as well as the disposal of laundry and wastewater into the Lake. Since Beira Lake Intervention Area being the heart of the Colombo capital the potential for massive developments to be guided by the Urban Development Authority as the main planning agency of the Sri Lanka. Accordingly, Urban Development Authority (UDA) of Sri Lanka prepared this Development Guide Plan for the Beira Lake Intervention Area to achieve its vision of planned, sustained and adored urbanization with promoting integrated planning and implementation for economic, social, environment and physical development of the area by the legal provision from the UDA Act No. 41 of 1978 as its one of mandatory duties.