Nintavur Development Plan (2021-2030)

The future of an urban area will be decided by the integrated trends of social, economic, physical, and environmental forces. The magnitude of the above forces can help to progress or destruct the development of an urban area. To enhance the magnitude value in a progressive manner, a planning intervention for any urban area is needed. Urban Development Authority Law No. 41 of 1978 is the law to provide for the establishment of an Urban Development Authority to promote integrated planning and implementation of economic, social, and physical development of certain areas as may be declared by the minister to be urban development areas. Thus, the Urban Development Authority has been established and empowered to function as a key urban planning and implementing agency and regulatory body of urban development in Sri Lanka. Under Section 3(1), where the minister is of the opinion that any area is suitable for development, the minister may, by order published in the gazette, declare such area to be an urban development area. Accordingly, the Divisional Secretariat Division of Nintavur was declared as an “Urban Development Area” with effect from 30th June 2005 by the gazette notification No. 1399/16. Under section 8 of the Urban Development Authority Act No. 41 of 1978 and under section 3 of the Amendment Act No. 4 of 1982, the legal provisions for the preparation of the development plan are provided. Under the given provisions, preparation of the Urban Development Plan for Nintavur Pradeshiya Sabha was started in 2017, and it will include the development strategy and guidelines for a period of the next 10 years. Then published in a gazette notification