Ministry of Water Supply (Sri Lanka)
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The Ministry of Water Supply[3] (Sinhala: ජලසම්පාදන අමාත්යාංශය, romanized: jalasampādana amātyāṁśaya; Tamil: நீர்வழங்கல் அமைச்சு, romanized: Nīrvaḻaṅkal amaiccu) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the supply of water and maintenance of water and sanitation infrastructure.
ජලසම්පාදන අමාත්යාංශය நீர்வழங்கல் அமைச்சு | |
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Ministry overview | |
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Formed | 2007 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Sri Lanka |
Headquarters | Lakdiya Medura, 35 New Parliament road, Pelawatta, Battaramulla 6°53′26″N 79°55′34″E / 6.890600°N 79.926159°E |
Annual budget | LKR 35.4 billion[citation needed] |
Minister responsible |
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Ministry executive |
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Child agencies | |
Website | mcpws |
List of ministers
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since 19 Jan 2023 | |
Appointer | The President |
Formation | 12 August 2020 |
Website | mwsd.gov.lk |
- Parties
Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Ceylon Workers' Congress
Name | Party | Tenure | President | ||||||||
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Dinesh Gunawardena | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 23 April 2010 - 9 January 2015 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | ||||||||
Rauff Hakeem | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 12 January 2015 - 15 November 2019 | Maithripala Sirisena | ||||||||
Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 22 November 2019 - 12 August 2020 | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | ||||||||
Vasudeva Nanayakkara | Democratic Left Front | 12 August 2020 - | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | ||||||||
Keheliya Rambukwella | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 23 May 2022 - 19 January 2023 | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | ||||||||
Jeevan Thondaman | Ceylon Workers' Congress | 19 January 2023 - current | Ranil Wickramasinghe |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS". cabinetoffice.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
- ^ "UNICEF donates water bowsers to support Sri Lanka drought relief". Colombopage.com. Colombo Page. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)" (PDF). documents.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.