Deiannewela

Deiannewela Deiyannewela
suburb
Deiannewela
Coordinates: 7°17′N 80°38′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

Deiannewela or Deiyannewela (Sinhala: දෙයියන්නේවෙල Tamil: தெய்யன்னவெல) 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.

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]

See also

• List of towns in Central Province, Sri Lanka

References

1. "Ceylon Government Gazette" (PDF). Colombo: Ceylon Government Press. 9 February 1940. p. 189. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
2. "Ceylon Journal of Medical Science". 6. University of Ceylon. 1949: 56. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Flower, Ed, ed. (2018). State of Sri Lankan Cities. UN Habitat. p. 77-78.
4. de Silva, Minnette (1998). The Life & Work of an Asian Woman Architect. Vol. 1. Smart Media Productions. p. 29. ISBN 9789559512004.

External links

• Department of Census and Statistics – Sri Lanka