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Over fifty percent of the Colombo city population lives in shanties, slums or dilapidated old housing schemes, which occupied nine percent of the total land extent of the city. A survey which is being conducted at 2010 by the Urban Development Authority has identified a total number of 68,812 families living in 1,499 community clusters (underserved settlements) which do not have a healthy environment for human habitation and access to basic infrastructure facilities such as clean water, electricity, sanitation etc. Relocation of these families in new housing schemes with acceptable standards will be one major step in the direction of transforming Colombo into a world recognized city with a clean and pleasing environment to cop up the city development plan objectives.

In order to cater to these objectives UDA has launched a program for construction of 50,000 housing units for relocation of underserved settlements of the city of Colombo and its immediate suburbs. For that purpose, introduce the Urban Regeneration Project.

Vision


To eliminate slums, shanties and other dilapidated housing from the city of Colombo by relocating dwellers in modern houses and liberated lands to be utilized for commercial and mix development.


Main objective


To eliminate shanties, slums and other dilapidated housing from the city by relocating dwellers in modern houses.


The Concept of the present Urban Regeneration project


Distribution Pattern of the Undeserved Settlements
Distribution Pattern


diagram

When examine the CMC area land use pattern, it is observed that all over the city has been spread out undeserved settlements and widely spread to the Colombo - North and Colombo - East area (Please see the picture I). Hence UDA Proposed and decided to implement more housing projects in these areas while upgrading the physical social and economic infrastructures in parallel to the housing development on behalf of their livelihood development.


Model of the Housing Unit

The housing unit design of the URP has designed to be 550 sq.ft land area with a living room, pantry, two bedrooms, a washroom and a balcony with the estimated average unit cost of 6.5 million. The basic infrastructure faculties including drinking water, three phase electricity, solid waste disposal and sewerage and drainage systems that are linking to the centralized city system together with the landscaped common areas and internal roads are to be provided in each housing project.

Components of Housing Unit

  • Living Room
  • Two Bed Rooms
  • Kitchen
  • Wash Room / Toilet
  • Balcony


Model House

Completed Housing Projects

URP Completed Housing Projects In 2013 – 2014 (Low income category)


Mihindusenpura

Location : Dematagoda
Housing Units : 500
Duration : 2011-10-01 - 2013.11.18

Puradora Sewana

Location : Orugodawatta
Housing Units : 34
Duration : 2012-04-01 - 2014.09.15

Sirisara Uyana

Location : Borella
Housing Units : 718
Duration : 2011-04-01 - 2014.10.27

Methsara Uyana

Location : Borella
Housing Units : 430
Duration : 2011-04-01 - 2014.10.27


Sirisanda Sewana

Location : Bloumendhal
Housing Units : 366
Duration : 2011-12-01 - 2014.10.17

Lakmuthu Sewana

Location : Wellawatta
Housing Units : 118
Duration : 2013-02-01 - 2014.10.07

Randiya Uyana

Location : Henamulla
Housing Units : 1137
Duration : 2011-12-01 - 2014.11.18

Sirimuthu Uyana

Location : Edirisinghawatta
Housing Units : 546
Duration : 2012-02-01 - 2014.11.21


Muwadora Uyana I

Location : Fergusion Road
Housing Units : 618
Duration : 2012-02-01 - 2014.12.08

Laksanda Sewana

Location : Salamulla
Housing Units : 216
Duration : 2011-07-01 - 2014.12.01

URP Completed Housing Projects In 2016 – 2019


Laksanda Sewana

Location : Salamulla
Housing Units : 792
Duration : 2011-07-01 - 2017-03-02

Siyasetha Sewana

Location : Pradeepa Mawatha
Housing Units : 266
Duration : 2013-02-01 - 2016-08-05

Jayamaga Sewana

Location : Bloumendhal
Housing Units : 68
Duration : 2012-10-01 - 2017-03-18

Lakhiru Sewana

Location : Maligawatta
Housing Units : 576
Duration : 2011-08-01 - 2017-06-28


Laksetha Sewana

Location : Maligawatta
Housing Units : 480
Duration : 2014-08-01 - 2017-11-13

Methsanda Sewana

Location : Henamulla
Housing Units : 941
Duration : 2014-07-01 - 2017-10-30

Siyapath Sewana

Location : Dematagoda
Housing Units : 703
Duration : 2014-07-01 - 2018-05-10

Sathhiru Sevana

Location : Henamulla
Housing Units : 672
Duration : 2014-09-01 - 2019-02-20

Sanhinda Sevana

Location : Kolonnawa
Housing Units : 120
Duration : 2011-08-01 - 2019-04-12

Mihijaya Sevana

Location : Henamulla
Housing Units : 1647
Duration : 2014-07-01 - 2019-09-13

Helamuthu Sevana

Location : Henamulla
Housing Units : 1076
Duration : 2014-10-01 - 2019-09-13

Ranmithu Uyana

Location : Henamulla
Housing Units : 576
Duration : 2014-09-01 - 2019-09-13

Muwadora Uyana II

Location : Fergusion Road
Housing Units : 254
Duration : 2012-02-01 - 2015-06-08

Metro Homes & Lake Side Residencies

Location : Slave Island
Housing Units : 779
Duration : 2014 - 2019-08-01


Urban Regeneration Projects Completed 2020 -2021


Maligawatta (Block)

Location : Maligawatta
Housing Units : 192
Duration : 2011-08-01 - 2020-09-20

Kolonnawa (Block)

Location : Kolonnawa
Housing Units : 120
Duration : 2016-06-01 - 2020-02-03

Sarasavi Uyana

Location : Kalinga Mw
Housing Units : 528
Duration : 2014-04-06 - 2021-12-15


Ongoing Projects (up to 2022.01.18)


601 Watta

Location : View Here
Housing Units : 450

Kolonnawa

Location : View Here
Housing Units : 336

Colombage Mawatha

Location : View Here
Housing Units : 615

Torrington


Location : View Here
Housing Units : 115


- Proposed Project will implement at Maharagama, Kurunegala.
- Estate infrastrcute development housing projects are in process at Millawawatta, Horana and Maliboda, Kegalle.


Support to Colombo Urban Regeneration Project (SCURP)


Support to Colombo Urban Regeneration Project (SCURP) was commenced with the funding aid of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in 2019 to assist the continuation of the ongoing Colombo Urban Regeneration Project. SCURP supports the continued implementation of URP Phase-III but with significant improvements such as the improvements in technical design, resettlement and post-resettlement policy, housing maintenance arrangements, innovation in redevelopment approach, and review of longer-term sustainability of public intervention in housing.

The SCURP consists of three components;

  • Component I - construction of about 5,500 housing units;
  • Component II - maximizing the revenue from the land that will become available after the households in underserved communities move into the new housing units;
  • Component III - technical support and policies enhancement.


The key objective of SCURP is to improve the housing conditions of low-income communities and increase land use efficiency in Colombo through investments in the construction of affordable housing and redevelopment of land, along with the associated enhancement of systems and policies. The proposed results indicators for these objectives include:

  1. number of low-income and lower-middle income households that move from underserved settlements to newly constructed housing units with improved utilities and facilities, and under improved resettlement practice
  2. The increase in the land value of the areas made available for redevelopment

Implementation period of SCURP is six (06) years from July, 2019 to June, 2025.


Stadiumgama

Location : Stadiumgama
Housing Units : 1000
Duration : 2020 - 2023

Applewatta (Phase II)

Location : Applewatta
Housing Units : 700
Duration : 2020 - 2023

Ferguson Road

Location : Ferguson Road
Housing Units : 750
Duration : 2021 - 2024

Obeyasekarapura

Location : Obeyasekarapura
Housing Units : 300
Duration : 2020 - 2023


Madampitiya

Location : Madampitiya
Housing Units : 700
Duration : 2021 - 2024

Colomabge Mawatha

Location : Colomabge Mawatha
Housing Units : 624
Duration : 2020 - 2023


- Proposed Projects will implement at Apple watta Phase III, Kimbula Ela and Rathmalana.