The FDD requests the CMC to make the City of Colombo a Humane and Greener City in 2020.

The Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD) requests the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) to make the City of Colombo accessible for the disabled community, elderly community, baby strollers and others; work towards a zero stray dog population within the city of Colombo and setting up a dog village for stray dogs (a draft proposal presented); amend municipal laws relating to dogs and other animals including dog registration fee and penalties; work towards a plastic and polyethylene free city status and the use of renewable energy to power the CMC and the city in the year 2020. 

The FDD anticipates that such move will help the City of Colombo become the first accessible city with a ‘greener-city status’, not only in Sri Lanka, but also within the South Asian region. The steps taken by the state to achieve this target, could be replicated in other cities in the country and the region. Overall, this will help Sri Lanka achieve several SDGs and support climate change initiatives. Further, the FDD encourages the CMC to participate in the 16th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Person known as TRANSED, which will be held in the USA in 2021. The FDD hopes that Sri Lanka will be able to share its success story with the international community during the conference, having achieved the above.

The letter and draft proposal has been handed over to the offices of the Mayor and Commissioner of the CMC, the President and Minister for Local Government and Provincial Councils.

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