The Pradeshiya Sabha takes action to remove trees when a tree or any part thereof poses a threat to the safety of a road or a house. For this purpose, an application should be submitted to the Secretary of the Pradeshiya Sabha together with a request in writing addressed to the Chairman of the Pradeshiya Sabha. If the tree or the branch is not removed within 14 days, the Chairman is vested with powers to remove the tree and recover the expenses for same from the owner of the tree.

This certificate is issued in order to confirm that a particular building has been constructed in conformity with the approved survey plan. This certificate should be obtained from the Pradeshiya Sabha before taking up residence in the constructed building.

For this purpose,

• An application form should be obtained from the office on payment of (Rs. 200.00= + VAT) and an additional sum will have to be paid according to the area of the building in square feet.
• If the construction cannot be completed within one year, the period should be extended.
• It the validity period of the approved plan has exceeded three years, the plan has to be resubmitted together with a fresh application form and a copy of the relevant approved plan.
• The plan is forwarded to the planning committee after being recommended by the technical officer or the public health inspector.
• The certificate of conformity is issued upon receiving the approval of the committee.

To improve the health of the people within the administrative limits of the Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha, the Sabha has established and is maintaining several ayurveda medical centers for the provision of free medical facilities and medicines to the public.

Locations of Ayurveda medical centers maintained by Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha

The Pradeshiya Sabha has deployed a large number of employees and tractors for the proper disposal of garbage collected from the area thus maintaining cleanliness and sanitation of the area.

To be entitled to this service, an application has to be made to the Chairman / Secretary together with a written request addressed to the Chairman of the Pradeshiya Sabha.

Consequent to a decision on the fee, the relevant service can be obtained.

A Pradeshiya Sabha controls and regulates all construction activities within its area of authority. Accordingly, all persons engaged in construction activities within the administrative limits of the Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha should obtain a permit from the Pradeshiya Sabha.

Since the area of authority of the Hoamgama Pradeshiya Sabha has been declared as an urban development area under the Urban Development Authority Act No. 41 of 1978, all construction activities should be in compliance with the rules and regulations set out therein.

Steps for the approval of building plans

• A building application form should be obtained from the pradeshiya sabha office on payment of (Rs. 300= + VAT.)
• A plan of the building to be approved together with three photo copies of the original plans and a copy of the relevant deed should be sent together with the perfected application to the building section and a receipt for payment made according to the extent of square feet should be obtained. (Particulars in this respect are given in the application form)
• Thereafter the relevant site will be examined by the technical officer / public health inspector of the pradeshiya sabha and the file with their recommendation will be submitted to the planning committee for its approval.  
• The approved plan can be obtained upon placing the ‘approved’ seal on the plan (Further details are given in the application form)

For this purpose,

• An application should be forwarded to the Secretary of the Pradeshiya Sabha
• A letter from the Water Supply and Drainage Board should be submitted.
• Approval is granted after levying the relevant fee on the recommendation of the technical officer.

This permit is issued to ensure compliance of the factories and businesses with the environmental standards prescribed by the Central Environmental Authority located within the area of administration of a Pradeshiya Sabha. The Minister of Environment, through gazette notification No. 1159/22 dated 22.11.2000 ordered that all factories and business in all Pradeshiya Sabha areas should obtain this license.

Procedure for granting Environmental License

• Prior to obtaining an environmental license, an environmental recommendation should be obtained.
• The application for obtaining environmental recommendation can be obtained free of charge from the office of the Pradeshiya Sabha.
• For obtaining an environmental recommendation, the extent of the land should not be less than 40 perches and the deed and the plan of the land too should be forwarded.
• The inspection fee to be paid varies depending on the amount of investment made in the industry.
• After obtaining the examination reports of technical officers and public health inspectors of the Pradeshiya Sabha, recommendations will be issued by the Environmental Committee.  
• This recommendation is valid only for a period of one year and upon the receipt of such recommendation; an application can be made for Environmental Protection License.
• An application should be bought by paying Rs. 115/= to obtain an environmental license.  
• Duly completed application should be submitted together with a copy of the deed of the land, approved survey plans of the land and the building and the environmental recommendation.
• Here too, recommendations will be issued through the Environment Committee.
• This Environmental Protection License is valid only for a period of 03 years. Therefore an application for the renewal of the license which is available at Pradeshiya Sabha Office for Rs 57.50 should be duly completed and submitted before the expiry of the three year period.
• Thereafter the Revenue Officer of the Sabha will carry out another examination and a new environmental protection license is issued through the Environment Committee.

The Chairman of the Pradeshiya Sabha grants approval after considering written requests made with the approval of the relevant authorities and police and charging the relevant fee.

හෝමාගම ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවේ පුරවැසි ප්‍රඥප්තිය             සිංහලපුරවැසි_ප්රඥප්තිය

All land development activities and the blocking out of lands within the administrative area of the Pradeshiya Sabha should first be registered at the Pradeshiya Sabha. This is done with the aim of regulating land development activities in urban areas.

Eligibility

• Should be an owner of a land located within the area of authority of the Pradeshiya Sabha which is due to be developed or blocked out.
• The owner should possess a registered deed.

Procedure for approving blocks of land

• Obtaining a land subdivision application form from the office of the Pradeshiya Sabha upon a payment of (Rs. 300/= + VAT.)
• Plan of the land to be approved together with three photocopies of the original plans and a copy of the relevant deed should be sent together with the duly completed application form to the building section and a receipt for payment made according to the number of blocks of land should be obtained.  (Particulars in this respect are given in the application form)
• The land is thenn examined by a technical officer of the Pradeshiya Sabha and the relevant files are submitted to the planning committee after which the approval is granted.
• Thereafter the approved plan can be obtained after it is franked ‘approved’. (Further details are given in the application form)

Cesspits and latrines are in houses and other places are emptied under this service

In order to obtain this service,

• An application has to be made to the Secretary of the Pradeshiya Sabha.   
• Having levied the fee estimated by the Public Health Inspector, the approval is granted by the Secretary of the Pradeshiya Sabha.

The Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha also implements projects in respect of health services which assume timely significance

Another public service extended by the Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha is to conduct onsite inquiries on various complaints lodged by the people within the limits of the Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha and offer solutions to problems encountered by the public.

Fixing street lamps in roads under the purview of the Pradeshiya Sabha and maintaining them are carried out by the Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha. In installing street lamps, written as well as verbal requests made by the public are given due consideration.

All crematoria and cemeteries located within the administrative limits of the Pradeshiya Sabha are maintained by the Pradeshiya Sabha.

• For obtaining the crematorium service an application should be made to the Secretary of the Pradeshiya Sabha together with a written request accompanied by the death certificate addressed to the Chairman of the Pradeshiya Sabha.
• After levying the relevant fee, the approval is granted by the Chairman of the PRadeshiya Sabha.

Granting approval for constructing monuments in cemeteries

In order to avail yourself of this service an application with attached copies of the death certificate, the plan of the monument and a letter confirming that the deceased was a resident of the area of authority of the Pradeshiya Sabha should be submitted to the Secretary of the Pradeshiya Sabha. Approval is granted by the Chairman of the Pradeshiya Sabha on the recommendation of the Public Health Inspector / Technical Officer.

මෙම වසරේදී හෝමාගම නගරය මුල් කර ගනිමින් පැවැති "බුද්ධ රශ්මි" පොසොන් කළාපය වෙනුවෙන් හෝමාගම ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාව මගින් ඉදි කරන ලද පොසොන් තොරණ සහ දන්සල සදහා ලද ආධාර මුදලින් ඉතිරි වූ රැපියල් ලක්ෂ හතක මුදලකින් හෝමාගම මූලික රෝහලට අත්‍යාවශ්‍ය වෛද්‍ය උපකරණ තොගයක් පරිත්‍යාග කිරීම 2023.08.21 දින එම වෛද්‍ය උපකරණ තොගය හෝමාගම මූලික රෝහල වෙත භාරදීම ප්‍රවාහන මහාමාර්ග සහ ජනමාධ්‍ය කැබිනට් අමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන මහතා හා හෝමාගම ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවේ ලේකම් කුමුදුනී ගුණතිලක ප්‍රමුඛ හෝමාගම ප්‍රාදේ2ශීය සභාවේ නිළදාරීන් විසින් එම රෝහලේ වෛද්‍ය අධිකාරී විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය ජයරැවන් බණ්ඩාර මහතා වෙත පරිත්‍යාග කරන ලදී. මෙම අවස්ථාවට වැඩ අධිකාරී ප්‍රමිල් දර්ශික සුරේන්ද්‍ර ,ප්‍රධාන ආදායම් පරීක්ෂක සුජීව පතිරණ ඇතුළු නිළදාරී පිරිසක් ද සහභාගී විය.