Deiyannewela
Deiyannewela | |
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  Deiyannewela | |
| Coordinates: 7°17′N 80°38′E / 7.283°N 80.633°ECoordinates: 7°17′N 80°38′E / 7.283°N 80.633°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Central Province |
| District | Kandy District |
| Divisional secretariat | Gagawata Korale Divisional Secretariat |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time) |
| Kandy Four Gravets and Gangawata Korale Divisional Secretariat | |
Deiyannewela or Deiannewela (Sinhala: දෙයියන්නේවෙල) is a Village Officer Domain (or GN Division) of Gangawata Korale Divisional Secretariat in Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka. It contains an old railway station and Kandy General Hospital.
In 1934 the Kandy Municipal Council constructed a number of model tenements in Deiyannewela, as part of its slum clearance programme. As the building of these tenements proceeded, slums in other areas of Kandy were declared unfit for human habitation, those structures destroyed and the occupants rehoused in the new tenements.[1] There were over 145 tenement buildings constructed, housing over one thousand unskilled and skilled labourers.[2] The model tenements, along with those constructed at Katukelle and Mahaiyawa, were the first of their kind in the country.[3] The program was sponsored and promoted by George E. de Silva, the Minister for Health and member of the State Council of Ceylon, representing Kandy.[4]
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- ↑ "Ceylon Government Gazette" (PDF). Colombo: Ceylon Government Press. 9 February 1940. p. 189. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ↑ "Ceylon Journal of Medical Science". 6. University of Ceylon. 1949: 56.
- ↑ Flower, Ed, ed. (2018). State of Sri Lankan Cities. UN Habitat. p. 77-78. Search this book on
- ↑ de Silva, Minnette (1998). The Life & Work of an Asian Woman Architect. 1. Smart Media Productions. p. 29. ISBN 9789559512004. Search this book on
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