Administration & Establishment Division

Additional District Secretary		Assistant District Secretary		Administrative Officer
			Mrs.Renuka Bulanawewa		Mrs.A.G.S.P.Hunukumbura

Key Responsibilities of the Section

 Is performing the  administrative duties of the officers who work under the District Secretary. The following duties are also carried out by this division.

1. New appointments
2. Extensions of service
3. Retirements of service
4. Internal Transfers within 11 DS Divisions
5. Disciplinary actions regarding Officials of District Secretariat & 11 DS Divisions
6. Preparing jurists list
7. Training activities for officers
8. Issuing holiday railway warrants
9. Issuing loan facilities for officers
   1. Property loans
   2. Vehicle loans
   3. Distress loans
   4. Bicycle loans
10. Actions regarding leaves of the officials of District Secretariat
11. Advance & Progress Programme of Staff Officers & Field Officers
12. Sinhala - English (vise versa) Translations activities of the Institute/ * External institutions (If requested)

In addition to establishment duties following fields are also implementing under the purview of this branch

1. Administration and supervision of the 11 divisional secretaries
2. Buddhist and cultural affairs, (Organizing of Wesak & Poson festivals/Providing Assistance for  perahera activity of Aluvihara & Annual Theru Festivel of Sri Muththumariamman Hindu Shrine)
3. Supervision of the 11 divisional secretariats regarding Productivity concept 
4. Social services
5. Disaster management.(floods, Drought, tsunami)
6. Election activities
7. Training activities for officers
8. Participation and contribution for the ceremonial activities of the state
9. General duties and disciplinary activities of Grama Niladaris
10. Appointing graduate trainees

Account Division

Chief  Accountant		Accountant
	Mr.M.A.P.Milajith		Mr.I.G.Janaka Sumanasiri

Key Responsibilities of the Section

1. Activities of Pension Salaries
2. Payment Activities
3. Shroff Activities
4. Follow on an Official Bank Accounts.
5. Collection of Revenue
6. Preparation of Annual Estimates
7. Preparation of Final Account
8. Procurement Activities
9. Purchasing Activities
10. Activities in Stores
11. Allocation Distribution
12. Allocation of imprest
13. Preparation of Salaries
14. Loan Advance activities
15. Preparation of Annual Performance Report
16. Submitting answers for audit quarries
17. Forwarding Reports to Treasury regarding Monthly Receiving and Payments.
18. Accounting Asserts

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Planning Division

Planning Director
	Mr.I.H.Anuruddha Bandara

Engineering Division

Chief District Engineer
	Mr. K.P. B. Pallekumbura

Key Responsibilities of the Section

1. Planning, Construction and Supervision of all constructions relevant to capital investments for strengthen the administrative activities of the district
2. Supervision, Consultancy and Guidance for all the construction projects, which are being done by District Secretariat and Divisional Secretariats.
3. Preparation of  Structural Plans and Estimates
4. Planning, Construction and Supervision of all constructions relevant to capital investments for strengthen the administrative activities of the district Accomplish duty regarding  Constructions and Procurement Committee
5. Conducting of Quality  Examinations regarding Concrete construction and issuing of relevant reports
6. Registration of Contractors in Construction Development Authority (CIDA), New Registration of Contractors, and Renewal of re-registration annually.

Internal Audit Division

Chief Internal Auditor

Vision

Dedication for better government service according to the policy of the state

Mission

Reporting to heads of the institutions by recommending necessary guidelines for sufficiency and formality of internal administrations which are being used to make reveal and make restrict the mistakes and frauds when proceeding as per the policy of the state. 

Key Responsibilities of the Section

1. Checking of Accounts Procedure and actions caused to some expend of finance and Seeking of the use of properties and liabilities of the department in protective and formal manner.
2. Examination of the quantitative of internal administration which is used to reveal suppress the waste, ideal actions and for the limitation of exceeding expenditure.
3. Searching of the following procedure of Administration Regulations and Financial Administration of the government and the Circulars, Other Supplementary instructions which are being issued by the Ministry of Public Administration and the treasury ever and anon.
4. Observing the successfulness of the systems of internal supervision and controlling in both planning and acting sides which are being implemented for restricting of mistakes and frauds in the institution.
5. Acting according to the F.R 133 when fulfilling the internal auditing activities of the institutions under the monitoring of the District Secretariat.
6. Searching regarding the supplying of necessary information for preparation of accurate financial statements by accounting system which are being used and justifying of the upright nature of accounts and other reports.
7. Evaluating of the quality of the appraisal of the staff of the institution when performing of responsibilities assigned to them.
8. Examining of make protection of asserts of the institution from all kind of losses and damages.
9. Conducting of special inquiries at special occasions.
10. Analyzing of System and Performance for an effective Productivity Process.
11. Acting as per the instructions and guidelines issued by the Department of Management Audit ever and anon, Conducting of Audit Management Meetings at the District Secretariat and Divisional Secretariats in each quarter of the relevant year and Feeding back the review of the progress of the implementation of decision made at the Meetings.

District Disaster Management Unit

Disaster Management Deputy Director
	Mr. C. Amaraweera

 Key Responsibilities of the Section

1. Conducting disaster management training and awareness programs
   1. Disaster management
   2. First aid
   3. Life-saving
   4. Swimming
   5. Boating
   6. Dismissive functional leadership training
   7. Search and rescue
   8. Camp management
   9. Firefighting training
2. Preparation of disaster management preparedness and response plans.
   1. District level planning
   2. Regional level planning
   3. Plans at Village Officer level
   4. Pre-school readiness plans
   5. Corporate pre-planning
   6. Hospital pre-preparedness plans
3. Implementation of rural, school and hospital disaster drill programs.
4. Warning dissemination and early warning activities in disaster prone areas.
5. Implementation of disaster reduction projects
6. Coordination of emergency response operations by all agencies.
7. Providing disaster management information.
8. Coordination of disaster relief activities.
9. Post disaster management activities
10. Investigation of public complaints related to disasters and resolution of related agencies in coordination.
11. Necessary co-ordination for obtaining ground surveys for landslide prone areas and taking further action.

Agriculture Division

District Director of Agriculture
	Mr. M.P.K. Dodanwala

Vision
Efficient and productive agricultural sector and strengthen food security and prosperity for the people in the Colombo district.

Mission
Socially accepted and commercially innovative entrepreneurial orientation to achieve a globally competitive agriculture products produced through sustainable natural resource.

Key Responsibilities of the Section

1. Conduct of District Agriculture Committees - The district's agriculture related officers and representatives of farmers' organizations gather at the same place to discuss agricultural problems and find solutions and to discuss the progress of agricultural institutions under the leadership of the district secretary.
2. Coordinate the main agricultural sectors of the district (related to the production of vegetable supplementary food crops) and prepare the crop cultivation plan for the upcoming "Maha" and "Yala" seasons for the district and send it to the Ministry of Agriculture.
3. Collecting data related to the district agriculture sector.
4. Investigating the problems related to the cultivated land in the district and connecting the relevant institutions to solve the problems.
5. Prepare project proposals to solve the existing agricultural problems in the district and implement the relevant projects by obtaining allocations from the Ministries of Agriculture and other institutions.
6. Participating in the season meeting held in connection with the district irrigation schemes and when necessary informing the Ministry of Agriculture and related institutions and taking action to solve the problems.
7. Providing necessary support to the district secretary to increase the prices of other food crops including rice as per the requirement.
8. To assist the District Secretary to provide aid and relief for damage to crops in disaster situations.

Census & Statistics Division

District Statician
	Mrs. M.E.Abekoon

Key Responsibilities of the Section

1. Conducting population census - once in 10 years
2. Preparation of District Statistical Manual
3. Analysis of rice yield estimation
4. Field Farming Statistics
5. Animal Husbandry Statistics
6. Rice Statistics
7. A survey to estimate the production of big onion
8. Building Statistics
9. Annual Industrial Construction and Services Survey
10. Quarterly Industrial Production Survey
11. Survey of felled timber
12. A Survey of Coconut Production Estimation
13. Apart from this, the survey conducted by the department periodically and once in 03 years etc.

Explosive Division

Asst.Controller of Explosive
	Mr. W.M.A.W.R.K. Weerasekara

 Activities of this branch done under main two fields,

1. Activities of explosives relevent subject
2. Activities of fire arms relevent subject

Activities of Explosives Relevant Subject

Under this subject explosive permits or explosive licences are issued relevent to use of technical explosives.

Issuing of Explosive Permits

1. When commercial level mineing activities explosive permits are issued for requirements of explosives.
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2. When non commercial level mineing if there is a explosive requirement explosive permits are issued for the purpose.
   1. When developing a land to blast and remove obstacles.
3. When making a foundation or digging a well to blast obstacles.
4. For various industries (non digging industries) to use explosives permits are issued.
   1. For Aurvedic productions
   2. For mosquito coils production
   3. For ink/paints productions
   4. For boxes of matches production
   5. For rubber related Productions

Issuing of Explosives Licenses

1. For manufacturing fire works.
2. For commercial supplying of fire works.
3. For manufacturing of elephant fire crackers.
4. For supplying of explosives.
5. For monufacturing of explosivs.
6. For importing of explosives import licenses
7. For exporting of explosives export licenses.

Activities of Fire Arms Subject

1. Gun licenses issueing for cultivations protection.
2. Gun licenses issueing for animal husbandary.
3. Issueing cartridges for these licenses.
4. Recomanding licenses for cultivation protection, animal husbandary and life protection.

Special Activities of Explosives Branch

1. Attend various test blasting and do necesasary recomandations .
2. Participating inspections for examinig the quallity of imported explosivs .
3. Doing field inspections at industries on these explosives .
4. Holding workshops to give technical knowledge for fire work industry and mineing industry .
5. Safely destroying of date expired and unusable explosives.

Samurdhi Division

Director Of Samurdhi
	Mrs. B.M.C.H Kumarihami

Samurdi programme can be introduced as a development programme which centered the low income earning and low privileged family groups and community and act to eliminate their poverty and create a reasonable society to confirm their rights .

Promoting of livelihood economic development activities,food security confirming for the family,guiding the community for saving and maintaining micro financial bank system to supply people micro financial loan facilities to uplift their livelihood development,organizing people for a national level activities by promoting,developing physical and social infra structural facilities of people, implementing diriyapiyasa housing programme centering the family,implementing social security programmes,implementing scholarship programs for children of low income families,and organizing kekulu children societies and competitions to improve their talents,developing attitudes by implementing social development programmes,implementing samurdi subsidiary programme for low income families and participating to implement divineguma programme for organizing people for a national development activity like wise implement various programmes to develop from the person tofamily society and village by the samurdi programme.

Implementing Programmes

1. Bank programme

1. Savings activity - accepting savings,members,non members,groups,diriya matha,lama sisuraka,kekulu,compulsory.
2. Loan programme - self employment loans,housing loans,consumer loans,distress,Mihijaya,Kirula,Divineguma,Isura.
1. Social development programme
   1. Diriya Piyasa housing programme
   2. Anti narcotic programme
   3. Children societies programme.

1. Social security programme.
2. Livelihood development programme.
3. Divineguma homegarden programme.
4. Samurdi subsidiary programme.

Samurdi programme implemented in 557 gramaniladari divisions in Colombo district by 42 bank societies employed 69 samurdi managers and 868 samurdi development officers for this purpose.

Land Use Planning Department

Assistant Director​ (District Land Use)
	Name	Mr. A. Abewicrama
	Tel	0662222310
	Fax	0662222310
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Key Responsibilities of the Section

1. Preparation of land use plans at district and regional level
2. Conducting District and Regional Land Use Planning Committees.
3. Identify underutilized land in the district and maintain and update a data system.
4. Maintaining and updating a data system of unused land owned by the government, state enterprises and other institutions in the district.
5. Land use mapping
6. Formulation of District Zoning Plan.
7. According to the requests received from various institutions, identifying suitable land for development projects at the district and regional level, evaluating and providing suitability reports.
8. Conducting awareness, workshops and discussions on sustainable land use.
9. Implementation of programs to rehabilitate degraded lands.
10. Formulation and implementation of rural level land use planning.
11. Establishment of plot level land use planning models.
12. Implementation of soil and water conservation projects.
13. Preparation of land use plans based on sub-catchment areas.
14. Implementation of Sustainable School Development Programme.
15. Planning and implementation of projects related to the implementation of regional land use planning recommendations.
16. Launch of crop management programs and activities to increase the productivity of agricultural lands.
17. Conducting special studies related to land use.

Consumer Affairs Authority

Key Responsibilities of the Section

1. Conducting of Awareness Programmes
   1. Make Aware the Schools
   2. Make Aware the Shops 
   3. Make Aware the Consumers
2. Make Aware the Business and Civil Soceities and Other Awearness
   1. Raiding of Markets
   2. Relief Complaint Inquiries

Social Security Division

Key Responsibilities of the Section