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Survey Department of Sri Lanka. 2 languages. ... Government of Sri Lanka: Headquarters: 150 Kirula road, Colombo 5 Employees: 5968 (2016) [1] ...
The post of Surveyor General was often combined with that of Civil Engineer and Commissioner of Roads. The department, during the first fifty years, was mainly engaged in the survey of scattered allotments of land for sale to private parties. The first title plan was issued by the new department on 20 August 1800 surveyed by C. Schneider.
Sigiriya is considered to be one of the most important urban planning sites of the first millennium, and the site plan is considered very elaborate and imaginative. The plan combined concepts of symmetry and asymmetry to intentionally interlock the man-made geometrical and natural forms of the surroundings.
The Colombo International Financial City (CIFC) is a planned offshore city adjacent to Galle Face Green in Central Colombo that would be built on reclaimed land. It is touted as an international financial center and is funded by Chinese investment; the city will have a separate legal and financial system which is likely to be governed by the Chinese firms that control the land, although the ...
The Colombo Plan is a regional intergovernmental organization that began operations on 1 July 1951. The organization was conceived at an international conference, The Commonwealth Conference on Foreign Affairs held in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in January 1950, and was attended by the finance ministers of Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Ceylon, Pakistan and New Zealand, and the ...
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (commonly abbreviated as NWSDB) is the National Organization responsible for the provision of safe drinking water and facilitating the provision of sanitation to the people in Sri Lanka. The organization had its beginning as a subdepartment under the Public Works Department for water supply and drainage.
Sri Lanka Industrial Development Co. Ltd; Sri Lanka Institute of Co-operative Management; Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd; Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration; Sri Lanka Insurance & Robinson Hotel Company Ltd; Sri Lanka-Libya Agricultural & Livestock Development Co. Ltd; Sri Lanka State Trading Corporation; Sri Lanka Sugar Co. Ltd
The Survey consisted of the Commissioner, a European assistant commissioner, a native assistant, a clerk, and three draughtsmen. The first task given to the Survey was the exploration, excavation, mapping and conservation of historical monuments at Anuradhapura. In 1895 the Survey commenced work at Sigiriya and in May 1900 at Polonnaruwa.