Protecting the history of ancient Polonnaruwa, the development project will be implemented by the Urban Development Authority (UDA) under the ‘Sukhitha Purawara’ initiative. Polonnaruwa will be developed under three phases as the ancient city, Kaduruwela Financial City, and the new town administration city.

The minister instructed the officials to draft a regular program for maintenance before every development program is implemented and to be implemented. Further, the attention was also drawn towards solid waste management, energy management, and traffic congestion. A program should also be implemented to harvest the rain water and use for the public needs.

The minister further said that, the urban development programs implemented previously have been destroyed at present due to the non-availability of a program to maintain them, but the present government is being accused in that regard.  

The officials were further instructed by minister Ranawake to finish the basic development programs of Polonnaruwa development project by 2020.