"Our Vision"
“Our Mission is to ensure productive, efficient andeffective public service”
"Our Mission"
“Promote the living standard of the people ofthis division and develop the division through productive service to the public with their participation by coordinating resources and proper planning”
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INTRODUCTION
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Address of the divisional secretariat office :- Main Street, Addalaichenai
Electoral Division :- PottuvilDistrict :- Ampara
Province :- Eastern
Geographical Location : Eastern,Sri Lanka,Asia
Absolute Position : According to the absolute location it spreads up to North latitude 6.5’1” and as per longitudinal location. It spreads between longitudes 79.5’1” to 79.5’2”.
Relative position
Boundaries :
North : Dehiwala Lake and Municipal Council area of Kotte.
South : Mount Lavinea and Kawdana west Grama Niladari Division.
East : Part of Veras and Bolgoda Lake and Kesbewa Divisional Secretariat boundary.
West : Natural Coastal area.
Altogether 8.71sqkm or 871.03 Hectares small piece of land belonging to this area.
When compared with the whole area of Colombo(673.62sqkm) Dehiwala takes only 1.29%.But there are number of reasons as to why this small piece of land takes immense value among other lands.
Dehiwala is a city lying immediately south of Colombo,the Commercial capital. It directly connect with the transportation way to Colombo.Dehiwala Divisional Secretariat area is about 8.71sqkm (871.03 Hectare) small piece of land and only 1.29% of the area of capital city of Colombo.
There are many factors that affects tothe validation of this area.This is also home to SriLanka National Zoological gardens which remains of Asia’s largest.Colombo South Teaching hospital is another important landmark in this area.This town has extensive population and rapid industrialization and urbanization in recent years.Dehiwala area lie directly Colombo south and along the Galle road it runs alone the coastal area to the south of country.
The following describes how the various village names have established in the area.
1. Palamunai
Since there was a Temple which had Seven Boe trees surrounded, the area called by this name.
2. Oluvil
An area having plenty of Nika trees(which is a herbal medicine) and considerally jungle area closer to Attidiya fields are known as Nikape.
3. Deegavapi
People who belongs to Karava cast lived in this area and they did fishing for their way of living.
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HISTORY OF ADDALAICHENAI DIVISIONAL SECRETARIAT
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There are many stories about the history of this area. One of those is Diya+Wala which means a dip or hole filled with water.In past this area consists full of ponds,lakes etc thus famous as Diyawala (an area filled with water) and later on it became Dehiwala.
Another story in this name regard is that this area has many trees of Lime or a forest of lime trees and people call it Dehiwala.It is told that king of kotte has filled all this lime requirements from this area.
Before 1999> Colombo Municipal Council area was regarded as only one Divisional Secretariat Division. Later> this office was divided in to two; namely> Colombo and Thimbirigasyaya. There are 47 urban divisions in Colombo Municipal Council. Though the Grama Niladhari divisions were established according to those urban divisions> another 8 Grama Niladhari divisions were established considering the population density. Accordingly the total no. of Grama Niladhari divisions is 55. Out of those 55> 30 belong to Colombo Divisional Secretariat. According to the 2001 census> Colombo Divisional Secretariat Division had the highest population density which was 377>396. It was estimated to be 425>000 by the year 2005. Since then> this office has faced so many difficulties and developed a mechanism to serve the public more effectively efficiently.
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ROLE PERFORMED AT DIVISIONAL SECRETARY -DS
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Divisional Secretary Name To - From
01.Mr.A.M.M.Siddik 1990-1992
02.Mr. A.Kaldeen 1992-1998
03.Mrs.H.P.Dayamenike Sarathchandra 1998-2002
04.Mrs.K.P.H.Meegasmulla 2002-2005
05.Mr.A.H.M.Nazeer 2005-2012
