https://groundviews.org/2015/12/15/building-colombo-into-a-globally-competitive-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=building-colombo-into-a-globally-competitive-city Journalism for Citizens Fri, 08 Jan 2016 02:20:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 https://groundviews.org/2015/12/15/building-colombo-into-a-globally-competitive-city/#comment-60472 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:36:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=18758#comment-60472 I have been visiting Colombo6 and finding that new blocks of flats have been coming up so close to the existing ones that they cut out daylight into the latter – naturally fresh air is also cut down at the same time – with the result that the residents have to use electric light 24 hrs a day. This atrocious planning of residential buildings has been reported to Colombo Municipality with stony sillence as the result.

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