Ministry of Transport and Highways

Ministry of Transport and Highways
ප්‍රවාහන හා මහාමාර්ග අමාත්‍යාංශය
போக்குவரத்து மற்றும் நெடுஞ்சாலைகள் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters7th Floor, Sethsiripaya, Stage II, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
6°55′37.80″N 79°51′35.70″E / 6.9271667°N 79.8599167°E / 6.9271667; 79.8599167
Annual budgetRecurrent
රු. 32.919 billion (2019)[1]
Capital
රු. 36.261 billion (2019)[1]
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • N.B. Monty Ranatunga, Secretary
Child agencies
Websitetransport.gov.lk

The Ministry of Transport and Highways[3] (Sinhala: ප්‍රවාහන හා මහාමාර්ග අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: போக்குவரத்து மற்றும் நெடுஞ்சாலைகள் அமைச்சு) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for transport. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on transport and other subjects which come under its purview.[4] The current Minister of Transport and Highways is Vijitha Herath.[2] The ministry's secretary is Nihal Somaweera.[5]

  1. ^ a b "THE GAZETTE OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA 2019" (PDF). The Gazette of Sri Lanka. 71: 20. 5 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b "LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS". cabinetoffice.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  3. ^ "Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)" (PDF). documents.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  4. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1933/13. 21 September 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Secretaries to the Ministries". President's Media Division News.