The term of office of the newly set up Sainthamaruthu Urban Council, which was a longstanding request of the people in the area
will commence in March 2022. Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Janaka Bandara Tennakoon issued the Extraordinary Gazette notice on Friday to establish the Sainthamaruthu Urban Council.
The Gazette notification states “By virtue of the powers vested in me by Sub section (a), (b) and (d) of Section 284 of the Municipal Councils Ordinance (Chapter 252), I, Janaka Bandara Tennakoon, Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government, do hereby dissolve, the Kalmunai Municipal Council constituted by the order published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1188/1 of 11.06.2001 in order to vary the limits of the Kalmunai Municipal Council and for the purpose of constituting new Local Authorities with effect from March 19, 2022.”
The Gazette notice also states that the term of office of the Sainthamaruthu Urban Council will commence on March 20, 2022.
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser Basil Rajapaksa told an SLPP political rally in Sainthamaruthu prior to the Presidential Election that the SLPP Presidential Candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa will declare the Sainthamaruthu Division an Urban Council after he becomes President.