Deiannewela or Deiyannewela (Sinhala: දෙයියන්නේවෙල) is a Village Officer Domain (or GN Division) of Gangawata Korale Divisional Secretariat in Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is the location of a railway station and the National Hospital.
Deiannewela
Deiyannewela | |
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suburb | |
  Deiannewela | |
| Coordinates: 7°17′N 80°38′E / 7.283°N 80.633°E | |
| 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 | |
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 were destroyed and the occupants were 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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References edit
- ^ "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.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Flower, Ed, ed. (2018). State of Sri Lankan Cities. UN Habitat. p. 77-78.}
- ^ de Silva, Minnette (1998). The Life & Work of an Asian Woman Architect. Vol. 1. Smart Media Productions. p. 29. ISBN 9789559512004.
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