Jawatte Road - Keppettipola Mawatha Summit flat to be demolished

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Summit Flats constructed on 9 acres of land in 1976 for the Non Aligned Summit Conference are due to be demolished very soon. Presently occupied by a mix of Joe public & Politically assigned public is a prime piece of land in Colombo. Proposal is to build 2500 houses essentially to be given to public servants. As to how they will be allocated is not clear yet. As it was during the days of the British Raj properties were allocated to civil servants according to the priority like Railway staff, Police Personnel etc. But with the post independence political culture it could be anybody with clout can inherit a new property!