Ministry of Highways, Ports & Shipping

Ministry of Highways, Ports and Shipping
Agency overview
Formed	1960
Preceding agencies	; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dissolved	18 January 2015
Superseding agency	Ministry of Ports and Shipping,; Ministry of Higher Education and Highways,; Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion;
Jurisdiction	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Minister responsible	Mahinda Rajapaksa (last), Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping;
Agency executive	;
Website	http://www.mohsl.gov.lk/

The Ministry of Highways, Ports and Shipping was a Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for the governance, implementation, creation and development of Ports including Colombo, Galle and Trincomalee ports, Highways including Southern expressway, Colombo Outer Circular expressway, Katunayake expressway and their transport services. It was reorganized as two separate ministries, the Ministry of Ports and Shipping and Ministry of Higher Education and Highways following the formation of the Sirisena cabinet in January 2015.

History[]

It was created in 1960, at the Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet as the . It included most of the subjects of the current ministry. Then it was renamed as the at the First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet. The highways section was included in the in both, Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet and Jayewardene cabinet. In the Jayewardene Cabinet, the shipping section was included in the . In the Premadasa cabinet, the ports and shipping sections were included in the and the and the highways section was included in the . In the (2000) the ports section was included in the , the highways section was included in the Ministry of Highways, the shipping section was included in the . The highways section and to some extent the shipping section was included in of . The highways section was included in the and the ports and shipping sections were included in the in the .

The name "Ministry of Highways, Ports and Shipping" was created in in 2010.

Officials[]

Minister of Ports and Highways (Cabinet)— the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksha.
Project Minister of Ports and Highways — Nirmala Kotalawala MP
Project Minister of Ports and Highways — Rohitha AbeygunawardenaMP
Permanent Secretary — R.W.R.Pemasiri.^[1]

Current and past ministers[]

Parties

Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

	Party	Tenure		Ministerial title
Montague Jayawickrama	United National Party	23 March 1960 - 1960 July	Dudley Senanayake
T. B. Ilangaratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 July 1960 - 1965	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Maithripala Senanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	31 May 1970 - 1977	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Gamini Dissanayake	United National Party	23 July 1977 - 2 January 1989	Junius Richard Jayewardene
Wimala Kannangara	United National Party	23 July 1977 - 2 January 1989	Junius Richard Jayewardene
Alick Aluvihare	United National Party	14 March 1991 - 1 May 1993	Ranasinghe Premadasa
	United National Party
	United National Party	18 February 1989 - May 1993
Wijayapala Mendis	United National Party	1989 - 1993
Ronnie de Mel	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	18 October 2000 - 10 October 2001	Chandrika Kumaratunga
	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Rauff Hakeem	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
	United National Party	19 December 2001 - 31 December 2001
	United National Party	1 January 2002 - 7 February 2004
Mahinda Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 April 2004 - 19 November 2005
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 April 2004 - 6 April 2008	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Mangala Samaraweera	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	22 April 2004 - 9 February 2007
Mahinda Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	23 April 2010 – 09 January 2015		Minister of Highways, Ports & Shipping
Kabir Hashim	United National Party	12 January 2015 – 22 November 2019	Maithripala Sirisena	Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion

Duties and Functions[]

Formulation of policies programmes and projects in regard to the subjects of Ports, Highways and Expressways and all subjects that come under the purview of the ministry.
Direction of the implementation of such policies, programmes and projects within time lines agreed with the national planning authorities and within budgeted resources, with a view to achieving relevant objectives.
Provision of all public services that come under the purview of the Ministry in an efficient and people friendly manner.
Reforming of all systems and procedures to ensure the conduct of business in an efficient manner deploying modern management techniques and technology where applicable while eliminating corruption and waste
Provision and Maintenance in optimum condition of a high quality network of national highways and other principal road
Implementation of the Maga Neguma Rural Road Development Programme
Improvement of clear co-ordination process to cover all road project implementing agencies for an integration development and monitoring collection of road user charges in respect of National Policy
Formulation of Programmes and Projects based on National Policy in respect of Provincial and Local Authority roads and co-ordination and monitoring of such programs and projects
Road Development activities connected to Kottawa, Kaduwela and Kadawatha Township Development Project
Development and Administration of ports and harbours, light houses and beacons, oil installation other than those belong to Admiralty
Arbitration of disputes between shipping Service providers and users
Establish rules of competition for shipping Services
Assist and ensure consultation between shipping service providers and users
Receiving of Wrecks and Ocean salvages
Administration of Shipping Development Fund
Freight and shipping Services
Coastwise passenger traffic^[2]

Departments[]

Departments, with their heads As of 2014:

Road Development Authority and its Subsidiaries and Associates, headed by Director General, W.A.S. Weerasinghe^[3]
Road Development Fund
Sri Lanka Ports Authority and its Subsidiaries and Associates, headed by chairman, Priyath B. Wickrama^[4]
Ceylon Shipping Corporation Ltd and its Subsidiaries and Associates, headed by chairman, Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage^[5]
Director General's Office of Merchant Shipping, headed by Director General, A W Seneviratne^[6]

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References[]

^ http://www.mohsl.gov.lk/web/index.phpoption=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=76&lang=en^{[permanent dead link]}
^ http://www.mohsl.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=34&lang=en
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2013-12-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2013-12-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-12-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.dgshipping.gov.lk/web/index.phpoption=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=77&lang=en^{[permanent dead link]}
^ http://www.mohsl.gov.lk/web/index.phpoption=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=34&lang=en^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

[1] ttp://www.mohsl.gov.lk/web/index.phpoption=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=76&lang=en^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] ttp://www.mohsl.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=34&lang=en

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2013-12-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2013-12-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-12-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] ttp://www.dgshipping.gov.lk/web/index.phpoption=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=77&lang=en^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] ttp://www.mohsl.gov.lk/web/index.phpoption=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=34&lang=en^{[permanent dead link]}

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