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The National Physical Planning Department (NPPD) is the successor to the Town and Country Planning Department, which was established under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Ordinance No.13 of 1946. The amendment to the Ordinance by Act No.49 of 2000 amplified the scope of the provision in the original enactment to formulate a National Physical Planning Policy and prepare the National Physical Plan. The change of the title of the Department came in this light.

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Now opened comments for the Updated National Physical Planning Policy and Plan 2048

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The National Physical Planning Policy is presented to the President.

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ජාතික භෞතික සැලසුම් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් යාවත්කාලීන කරන ලද ජාතික භෞතික සැලසුම් ප්‍රතිපත්තිය හා සැලැස්ම 2048 , 2023.06.17 දින ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේදි ගරු ජනාධිපති තුමාගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් රැස්වුණු ජාතික භෞතික සැලසුම් සභාව...

Monthly e-newspaper issued by the Media Unit of the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing - May - 2023

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The Director General of the National Physical Planning Department Mr. Gamini Hevage presented the National Physical Plan to the Hon.  Minister of Urban   Development   and  Housing

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යාවත්කාලීන කරන ලද ජාතික භෞතික සැලසුම් ප්‍රතිපත්තිය සහ සැලැස්ම - 2048 ගරු නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්‍ය ප්‍රසන්න රණතුංග මහතා වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යංශ ලේකම් ඩබ්ලියු.එස්...

Monthly e-newspaper issued by the Media Unit of the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing - March- 2023

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Monthly e-newspaper issued by the Media Unit of the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing - December 2022

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Lolugaswewa Township Development Project

Lolugaswewa Township Development Project

The main objective of this project is to carry out archaeological excavations in the Athulunuwara area in Anuradhapura which is...

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