Moratuwa City –Wide Slum Upgrading Project Implemented By Women’s Development Bank Federation Facilitated By Janarukula Funded By 1. Government 2. Moratuwa Municipal Council 3. Slum Dwellers International 4. UN-Habitat (SUF) 5. Urban Poor Fund International Moratuwa City General Administration and Objective of the Municipal management of the city council Moratuwa City is situated within the Colombo district in the Moratuwa urban council elevated The Municipal Council shall, western province. East and to municipal council in January subject to the power reserved south parts of the city is 1998.The mayor is the chief to or vested by the municipal bounded by the Bolgoda River executive person in the city. The council ordinance or by other and Panadura River. Western chief administrative officer of the ordinance or by other written municipal council is municipal law, be the local authority part and north part of the city are separated by the sea beach commissioner. Municipal council within the administrative limits and Dehiwala Mount lavinia has 08 departments and also six of the municipality, charged statutory standing committees for with the regulation, control Municipal council. Moratuwa has been recognized as the roles and responsibilities to care and administration of all birth place of the national hero the moratuwa citizen. matters relating to public known as “Puranappu” who led heath, public utility service a rebellion agaist the British and public thoroughfares, colonial domination in the generally with the protection middle 19th century. Moratuwa and promotion of the comfort, is traditionally known for its convenience and welfare of skilled carpentry work and the citizens and the amenities furniture industry. of the municipality. 1 Functions 1- to maintain and cleanse all public streets and open spaces vested in the council or committed to its management; 2- to enforce the proper maintenance cleanliness and repair of all private streets; 3- to supervise and provide for the growth and development of the municipality by the pluming and widening of streets the reservation of open spaces, and the execution of public improvements; 4- to abate all the nuisances 5- to establish and maintain (subject to the extent of it resources) any public utility service which it is authorized to maintain under this ordinance and which is required for the welfare comfort or convenience of the public; (Source reports of the Municipal council-moratuwa) General information 4 -0 Heath services 4-1-No of government hospital 01 1-0 population 4 -2-No of ayurvedic centers owned by MMC 10 1-1-Extent of the Moratuwa city Sq, K, M, 23.34 4-3-No of maternity and child care centers 16 1-2-Population 177190 4 -4-No of private dispensaries 39 (census in year 2001) 5-0-Recreation facilities 1-3-Number of families 40212 5-1-No of public play grounds 07 1-4- Samurdi beneficiary families 6942 5 -2-No of libraries 08 1-5-Voters 116454 5-3-No of community centers 26 1-6-Municipal members 29 5-4-Registered sport societies 55 2-0 Divisional areas 2-1- Municipal wards 17 6-0- Water source 2-2-Gramaseva divisions 42 6-1-No of common wells 37 2-3-Villages 31 6-2- No of stand posts 479 2-4 -No of underserved settlements 52 3 -0 Property 7-0-Community based organizations 7-1-Registered non governmental organizations 20 3-1-No of assessed properties 51236 3-2-No of assessed residences 36281 7-2-Registered village development societies 36 3-3-No of assessed commercial properties 5387 2 8-0-Educational facilities 8-1-Primary schools 23 8-2-Secondary schools 07 8-3-National schools 02 (Source- reports of the Municipal council and divisional secretary office-moratuwa) Details of the population The racial composition of the population as per census in year 2001 Race population percentage Sinhalese 168324 95.0 Sri-lank Tamils 4433 2.5 Muslims 2452 1.4 Burghers 734 0.4 Tamils 375 0.2 Others 872 0.5 Total 177190 100 Age profile of the population Age category No of persons percentage 18 years and less 51004 28.78 Over 18 years 126186 71.22 Total 177190 100.00 Religious composition of population Religion population percentage Buddhist 124205 70.0 Catholic 33893 19.1 Christine 11806 6.7 Hindus 3367 1.9 Islams 3311 1.9 Others 318 0.2 Source –profile reports of the –municipal council moratuwa 3 Educational level of the population (persons above 5 years old) Remarks number % 1-persons did not schooling 5256 3.27 2-persons studying in grade 5 2012 1.25 3-persons passed grade 5 25904 16.14 4-persons completed grades 6-10 62188 38.76 5-persons completed in GCE (O) Level 39062 24.34 6- persons completed in GCE (A) Level 23187 14.45 7-Degree and above exam 2868 1.79 160477 100 8 undeclared persons 3600 Literacy rate among the citizen is 95%. There are number drop out children in age of 5 to 15 years. Though good school network has been developed in the city, only 1.79% of children being completed university education. How ever there are 3.27 % of people in illiterate. Extent of the moratuwa city is Sq, K, M, 23.34 Land use pattern of Moratuwa Municipal Council Area 2003 Housing condition Land use Extent Percentage hector yard S,no Type houses % 1 residential 1126 57.5 2 commercial 52.6 2,7 1 Single houses 33291 82.7 3 industrial 85.2 4,3 2 Storeyed houses 2611 6.5 3 Sub houses 2410 6.0 4 Timber industry 32.9 1,7 5 Institutions 136.2 6,9 4 Line rooms 401 1.0 6 Sports and recreation 12.9 0,7 5 Slum/shanty house 1527 3.8 7 Religious places 27.2 1,4 total 40168 100 8 Cemeteries 3.8 0.2 9 Agricultural lands 292 1,5 According to the above report, there are 4338 10 Roads and reservation 103,4 5,7 11 Marshy lands 33.5 1.7 houses that are occupied by the poor. Mostly 12 Open places 16.9 0,9 these houses are building by using temporary 13 Costal lands 21,2 1,0 building materials. Reference to reports of 14 Water bodies 290,5 14,7 urban development authority, there is a 1972 100 crucial housing problem in the city. So then, Source-field survey reports of the urban development authority there is good opportunity for the community based organizations for their contribution in Out of total, 71% of the lands have been used for helping poor to solve their housing problems. residential, commercial, industrial and They can develop good partnership with the institutional. Moreover 14.7 percent of the land is poor as well as concern organizations. covered by the water bodies of the area. As such scarcity of the lands is very big problem. Under this situation land value in the moratuwa city is very high. 4 Housing requirement according to increase of the population Year population families Estimated houses 2003 196470 4.4 44243 2005 204047 4.4 46374 2010 229512 4.4 52161 2015 258155 4.4 58671 2020 290373 4.4 65993 Number of houses available at 40150 present Source-proposed development plan for moratuwa city by urban development authority Out of total houses (40160) in the city 4338 are temporary houses. Reference to the millennium goals, 18521 new houses are to be constructed in the moratuwa city during years 2001-2015 in order to solve the housing problems,. Toilets S,no Type of toilet No of units % 1 Individual toilet 29896 73.47 2 Individual toilet but uses with others 5511 13.55 3 Toilet owned by others 3401 8.36 4 Common toilet 1378 3.38 5 Open field 504 1.24 6 total 40689 100.00 Information not given family units 593 Total units 41282 Drinking water S,no Water source No of % units 1 Pipe borne water (within unit) 28001 Pipe borne water (without unit) 9861 Total 37862 93.29 2 Protected wells(within premises) 1403 Protected wells(out site of the premises) 353 total 1758 4.33 3 Unprotected wells 102 0.25 4 Tube well 775 1.91 5 Others(rivers, canals etc 88 0.22 40583 100 information not given family units 699 Total units 41282 5 Poverty Out of total population in Sri-lanka 22, 7% are coming under poverty line (families who are unable to earn one dollar per a day coming under poverty line in sri-lanka) data is not available to identify the population of the town according to different income level. How ever there are 8,278 samurdhi beneficiary families in the city. These families are identified as poor. Most of the samurdhi beneficiary families are living in low income settlements. Samurdhi beneficiaries Samurdhi beneficiaries are 20660 Name of the underserved settlements (slums) According to the data available in the Municipal council there are 52 underserved settlements in the city. Detailed as follows seri, Name of the settlement no no no of no of of pop, hou- fami- ses lies 1 Usavi watte-Rawatawatte 50 56 256 2 Dandeniya watte-Katubedde 211 235 928 3 Alavi watte-Moratuwa 49 55 186 4 St Anthny'spura-Kadalana 22 26 114 5 Kovila watte-Kadalana 19 23 96 6 Srama shakthimawatha-E, uyana - - - 7 Ivonwatte Egoda uyana 30 33 151 8 Pittaniya watte koralawella 62 70 306 9 Siribara menikepura-katubedda 117 119 582 10 Weerapuran appugama-Katubedda 25 27 123 11 Jayagathpura-Egoda uyana 43 43 176 Jayagath place-Egoda uyana 102 129 645 12 Bolgoda siripura Edama 32 36 165 13 Sanwatsaranivasa-national hous) EUyana 85 92 412 14 Madangahawatte-housing scheme 20 23 97 15 Modarapola housing scheme -Egodauyana 20 24 112 16 Henawatte housing scheme-Moratumulla 22 26 112 17 Atkamnivasa- Katubedde 25 29 129 18 Luckyseven pura-Katukurunda 65 69 319 19 Gangasiripura-Koralawella 48 53 235 20 Visiwas sewa samarapura-Katukurunda 15 17 67 21 Maithreepatumpura-Edibedde 48 55 223 22 Susitha Mitudampura-zoisapura 47 48 208 23 Mahanugasevena -Katukurunda 20 26 112 24 Bahinatotapura - Angulana 40 42 172 25 Ratukurusa watte-Luxapatiya