Overview of reconstruction and redevelopment of key infrastructure facilities in Galle, Sri Lanka

Overview of reconstruction and redevelopment of key infrastructure facilities in Galle, Sri Lanka

In response to the urgent need to rehabilitate areas affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004, the government of Sri Lanka had launched several rehabilitation projects to recover the infrastructure facilities. However, due to lack of capacity and basic infrastructure, some of the development approach and strategies that are in progress in these projects are debatable. Therefore, this study examines the overview of the proposed and progressing recovery strategies over the criteria such as future hazard mitigation, ground condition, equity and fairness, sustainability, capacity and environmental impacts, in line with the peculiar characteristics of the individual project. Results show housing development in some areas will have serious drawbacks not only due to scarcity of material or usage of poor quality materials but also due to difficulties in providing permanent water supply, sanitation facilities and so on. But in certain infrastructure sectors improvements have been adapted considering better facilities in near future such as telecommunication and electricity. Although road network and railway facilities have been restored quickly, but either these strategies were targeted to long term sustainability or considered to remove the existing bottlenecks. Developed database and documentation with the authorities revealed that almost all the projects are behind schedule

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