Account Division

	Mr. T.G.M.Sudharma Chief Accountant
	Mr. S. L. A. Sampath Accountant

Vision

To maintain a productive service with utmost efficiency been subject to powers and responsibilities assigned with a keen understanding of vision and mission of District Secretariat.

Mission

To manage resources of the institution and recommend management decisions to the top management so that objectives and targets of District Secretariat are achieved.

Financial Assistant – Second sign for cheque Supervision of the Duties, Preparing for Audit Queries answer, Checking main vouchers.

Administration & Establishment Division

	Mr.Kusalaka Nanayakkara Additional District Secretary
	Mrs. Kanchana K. Thalpawila Additional District Secretary
	Administrative Officer

 Administrative Division

Role

1. Supervision of general administrative affairs of 16 Divisional Secretariats.
2. Management of human and physical resources through management of human resource of the office.
3. All establishment affairs of officers employed in District Secretariat and Divisional Secretariats coming under District Secretariat.
4. Organizing and conducting training workshops for public officers in the district.
5. Giving approval for the payments of loan facilities of officers.
6. Affairs related to recruitment of new graduates and Grama Niladaries
7. All affairs related to government vehicles of District Secretariat and Divisional Secretariats coming under District Secretariat.
8. Obtain forms and other documents from Government press and other departments which are needed to District Secretariat of Matara and Divisional Secretariats coming under District Secretariat, storing them and distribution.
9. Taking future actions regarding land and other complaints submitted by people in the district.
10. Issuing railway warrants for officers of the office.
11. Affairs related to reservation of circuit bungalows, office auditorium and Mahinda Wijesekara stadium.
12. 12. Permits issued for external clients

• Permits of felling of trees
• Earth mining permits
• Explosive permits/ gun licences

13. 13. Coordination, organization and conducting state and national level festivals.

Planning Division

Mrs. S. A. M. Sandamali Planning Director-Acting

Goals

• Expansion of economy opportunities for income and employments.
• Enhancing the living standard of the people.
• Creation of better environment.
• Empower of Sustainable House Hold Economic Unit.
• Expansion of  Rural infrastructure facilities.

Objectives

• Sustainable development of  house hold units of  650 G.N. Divisions in the 16 Divisional Secretariats.
• Improvement of  Rural  Infrastructure Facilities as need.
• Increasing sectoral distribution of  Gama Neguma and DCB allocation of the rural area in the District.
• Achieving 100% both physical and financial Progress under the District Development Programme.
• Updating & Completing of Resource Profile in all D.S. Division before the end of 2nd quarter in every year.
• Updating district Data base system before the end of 2nd quarter in every year.

Activities

• Facilitating Development policy of the District.
• Overall Planning and Programming of the District Development Programme with the following major components.
• Economic Development Planning.
• Structural Planning.
• Infrastructure facilities and public utilities planning.
• Facilitation of Private Sector investments.
• Promotions of Socio Cultural and Tourism.
• Overall Coordination, Monitoring, and progress review of the Development Programmes.
• Implementation of Decentralized Capital Budget Programme.
• Implementation of Divi Neguma Programme.
• Implementation of Gama Neguma Programme.
• Implementation of Provincial Road Development Programme.
• Preparation of Consolidated District Implementation Programme.
• Updating of data for Divisional level Diagnostic and problems identification exercise.
• Human Resources development activities in the district.
• Development of documentation of the development related data and publication and studies and surveys.
• Public awareness programme and publication.
• Preparation of resources profile for DS Level.
• Preparation of resource profile for Grama Seva Division Level.
• Facilitating Divi Neguma Development policy in the District.

Functions of the District Planning Secretariat

• Preparation of Annual Integrated District Development Plan
• Preparation and Implementation of Decentralized Budget Programme
• Preparation and Implementation of  Divi Naguma Programme
• Preparation and Implementation of Provincial Road Development  Programme
• Preparation of  District Development Action Plan
• Updating Divisional Level Resource profile
• Strengthening and maintaining District Operation Room
• Implementation Rural Economic Development Programme
• Conducting and Facilitating to District Coordinating Committee Meeting
• Conducting Progress review Meetings
• Conducting Divisional Level Diagnostic and Problems Identification survey exercise
• Other Development related activities

Engineering Division

Mr. B. A. S. Saranga District Chief Engineer

One of the key functions of the division is, to ensure the quality standards of all construction activities in the Matara District under the Authority of the District Secretary and Conduct Training Programmers to maintain a quality standards of the Technical staff in District Secretary and sixteen Divisional secretary offices.

Social Responsibilities

• Ensure the safety and interest for well- being of the public.
• Ensure that society’s funds and resource are well used.
• Concern about the impact of engineering projects on environment and society.
• Refusing to work on a particular project Violating above
• Concern about the legality of all projects before Start the work.
• Commitment to educate staff about social responsibilities.
• Responsible for all the action taken hence the impact of the action is on the society and the people.
• Conduct training programmers to update the knowledge of the officers.

To Ensure the Social Responsibilities.

• Conduct price fixing committee to maintain a reasonable fixed price during the current year.
• Conduct procurement process to select suitable contractors to offer new projects.
• Field visits to maintain the standard of the construction.
• Collect test report to maintain quality of the construction.
• Conduct progress review meeting to maintain the progress of the construction.

District Disaster Management Unit

Mr. K. N. C. K. Kudagamage Assistant Director-District Disaster Management Center

Responsibility

            District disaster management coordinating unit has established an emergency operation unit to cover   16  Divisional Secretary Divisions to operate around the clock to when any disaster  coordinate relevant institutes and take action to minimize the disaster and do relief activities at post disasters.

Minimizing Disasters

• Cleaning rivers/Canals to minimize flood.

(Nilwala river, Kirama Ara, Urumuththa Ara)

• Construction of Bund/Culvert to minimize flood

(Haranamulla Bund/Welipitiya Culvert)

• Construction of 52 safe bath place to prevent crocodile attack in Nilwala River.

• Disaster Preventing

Matara District Disaster Management Unit is doing special activity to save people by preventing disasters.
As an example:- People in either side of Nilwala river  were informed and evacuated  acting quickly when warning issued for flood by Irrigation Department on 21 May 2018.

Disaster Pre Preparation

            Pre readiness planning done for 16 Divisional Divisions  by district disaster management unit and establishing rural committee in victimized Grama Niladari divisions  and maintaining and awarding them disaster accessory kits done by the Disaster Management Unit. To quick react in flood situation District Disaster Management unit already distributed & located 24 x Boats & 25 Catamaran to the (Army Camp, Police Station & Divisional Secretary Office) identified flood effecting area. 

            Awareness programmes and training  programmes were held costal zones as well as flood effecting area. Recognizing safe places and mapping them and marking safe ways to the places were done for the safety of people, as well as for protecting people from tsunami, erecting siren horn and towers done under disaster pre alarming systems.

Recognizing disaster possibilities and preventing them and supplying instant relief for possible disasters are the activities of this unit.

Agriculture Division

Mrs. I. P. Liyanage Director

Sports Division

District Sports Development Officer D. G. Lal Wijewickrama

Media Unit

Government Department of Information established media units in every district 12 years ago. According to the programme an media unit established in Matara district secretariat and named it as Matara district media unit.

By this district media units government expected to carry propaganda activity among people about development activities of the district. Awaring people about development programmes of government was the expectation. For this purpose employed the state media as well as printed media.

Main activity of this unit is  recognizing progress and problems and all data of projects implementing in the district done with allocations of decentralized budget and provincial councils and other resources for the development of Colombo district  and issue them to all media. specially  details of  district development committee and district coordinating committee holding under the supervision and operation of district secretary and collected by participating meetings and these information should issue to journalists of the district by coordinating them. And information of meetings ,workshops and ceremonies holding in the district  should issue to the media by coordinating them.

Within the relevant period  Colombo district media unit  has been done following activities under the approval of district secretary.

• Covering all committee meetings and issuing information to media.
• Covering all the workshops held under the Colombo district strategic development plan.
• Covering and propagating by media about tournaments organized by Colombo district public service sports association.
• Collecting reports published in press media.
• Coordinating development activities of various branches of Colombo district secretariat  and issuing relevant reports to media.

Measurements Standard Unit

Mr. R. M. G. D. Sandaruwan Assistant Superintendent of Measurement Units Standards

The Department was estabilished under the provisions of the Measurement Units Standards And Services Act No.35 of 1995. The Department aims to establish, maintain, and disseminate National Standards of Measurement in Sri Lanka and the traceability of Measurements. It also provides the Legal Metrological framework to trade, Industry, science, health, security and environmental protection.

Responsibilities

• Annual verification of scales, weights and measuring instruments used in trade by traders.
• Organizing sealing centers in every Divisional Secretariat Division under the leadership of District Secretary to verify the weighing and measuring instruments of traders.
• Annually inspect  fuel dispensing equipment at fuel stations and check accuracy when necessary.
• Inspecting and carrying out annual verification of emission testing equipment used at vehicle emission testing centers.
• Annual inspection and verification of weighing equipment in factories.
• Inspecting and  annually verifying the weighing instruments used in factories.
• Conducting raids to detect fraudulent traders who violate the legal provisions of the Measurement Units, Standards and Services Act No. 35 of 1995, filing legal cases against them, and carrying out the related court proceedings (Sections 37, 42, 38, 46, 51(6), and 52).

Number of units sealted in the year 2025 - 16,584

Total revenue for the year 2025 - 17.29 millions

Number of court cases finalized in 2025 - 14

Total fines collected in the year 2025 - Rs. 25,000.00

Census & Statistics Division

Mrs. M. A. P. Wickrama Deputy Director (Statics)

 STATISTICS DIVISION

Responsibilities

    1. Census activities

           Census of Population and Housing

           Economic Census - Census of Agricultural Activites and Census of Non-Agricultural Economic Activities.

           Census of Public and Semi Government Sector Employment

    2. Survey activities

           Estimating paddy harvest

           Labour force survey activities

           Income and Expenditure survey   

           Annual Survey of Industries

           Annual Survey of Construction Industries

           Quarterly Survey of Industrial Production

           Survey on Estimating the Cost of Coconut-Production

           Computer Literacy Survey

           Pilot censuses related to the census activities reffered to under Item No. 1 above

     3. General Data Collection Activities

           Paddy Statistics

           Highland crop Statistics

           Livestock Statistics

           Slaughter Statistics

           Building Statistics

           Statistics of Local Government Institutions

           Collection of Urban Retail Prices

           Collection of Producer's Prices

           Forcasting the expected extent of land to be cultivated with paddy during Yala and Maha seasons (FST 1)

           Forcasting the expected extent of land to be harvested with paddy during Yala and Maha seasons (FST 2)

           Forcasting the extent of damaged paddy cultivation lands by Yala and Maha seasons (FST 3)

           Preparation of monthly statistical reports on timber felled by households and institutions

    4. Preparing Annual Statistical Hand Book

           Preparing hand book with updated data from census, surveys and administrative data related to the district.

    5. Special Data Collecting Activities

          Child activity survey

          Demographic and Health Survey

          Labour Demand Survey

          International Prices comparing program

          Survey on Domestic Violence

          Water Quality Survey

          Domestic Tourism Survey

Explosive Division

Mr. K. V. G. M. de Silva Assistant Controller of Explosive

Explosive Control Division

Functions of the Explosives Control division

1. Issuing permits for commercial purposes, including mechanized metal quarries, non-mechanized metal quarries and test blasting activities.
2. Issuing permits for non-commercial purposes such as removing obstructing rocks in lands development activities, digging wells and laying foundations of houses.
3. Granting issue orders for explosives under valid permits.
4. Issuing supplier licences to explosive dealers and licences for the sale of Crackers and Fireworks.
5. Issuing import licences.
6. Issuing manufacture licences such as manufacturing, crackers and fireworks....etc.
7. Renewing firearm licences granted for agricultural purposes and for the safeguarding of property, as authorized by the Secretary of Defence.
8. Granting issue orders for cartridges under valid firearm licences.