Abstract:
This research will enable to gain basic
understanding of Environmental Law &
Planning Law relating to the construction
industry; and analyse of new physical
planning and disaster management rules and
regulations in Sri Lanka . Laws governing
protection of environment conservation and
the use of natural resources in Sri Lanka are
largely based on legislative enactments .There
are many physical planning legislation in Sri
Lanka such as Housing and Town
Improvement Ordinance No. 19 of 1915
,Urban Development Authority (UDA) Law No
41 of 1978 ,Town and Country Planning
Ordinance No. 16 of 1946 ,Municipal Council
Ordinance and Urban Council Ordinance,
Pradeshiya Sabahas Act of 1987 etc for
protection of the environment. Accordingly a
set of building regulations are set out in the
Schedule to the Ordinances. The objective of
the laws are to promote planning of
economic, social and physical development
and its implementation in the urban areas.
The Sri Lanka Parliament enacted two Acts
namely Tsunami (Special Provisions) Act
No.16 of 2005 and Disaster Management Act
No. 13 of 2005 for rehabilitation . These two
Acts specially mentioned planning and
recovery techniques and disaster
management law of Sri Lanka. In the post
tsunami reconstruction work, the government
has given high priority to rebuild human
settlement and shelters. These relevant
legislation are related to rehabilitation and
reconstruction strategies in tsunami affected
areas through environmental protection.
However there are various discrepancies,
loopholes in these legislation.
Objectives of the research are comparative
study of existing environmental and Planning
law relating to the construction industry in Sri
Lanka , Analyse disaster management
legislation and recommend improvements to
the Construction Law practices in order to
make planning procedure more effective.
Every professional in the construction
industry including the quantity surveyors
architects , town planners, engineers should
be well aware of the environmental and
planning law and abide by them in order to
better protect the environment by the impact
of construction project as well as create a
country with better living conditions in future.
