Celebrating 3 Years of RTI in Sri Lanka
Monday, 03 February 2020
Three years since its implementation, the Right to Information (RTI) Act continues to stand as an example of the transformative impact of progressive, pro-citizen legislation. RTI continues to impact the lives of thousands of citizens across the country by providing access to state-held information. The functioning of RTI has been witnessed across many levels in
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More requests for road repairs
Friday, 17 August 2018
The substandard culverts in the Matara-Godgama road were repaired subsequent to an RTI requesting information on the matter from the Road Development Authority in Matara. Image – not related to the story
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Access to Information leads to Access to Water
Friday, 17 August 2018
Queries were posed through RTI to the Matara Water Board regarding a sustained disconnection of water supply. The information requested was received and the residents were subsequently given access to a reconnected water supply.
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Flood Victim Funding – Divisional Secretary -Kamburupitiya
Friday, 17 August 2018
The person in question was a victim of the 2017 floods. Although he attempted to find out how much money he would receive through the flood relief fund, he was unable to get the correct information. After filing an Information Request, he obtained information that he had been allocated Rs. 282,432 from the fund. He
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Road Repairs – Divisional secretariat (Tangalle)
Friday, 17 August 2018
The issue was regarding the development and reconstruction of the Galpoththagoda road. In this case, although there was a delay in the payment of the requisite fee for obtaining the information (Rs. 28.00), the information was given to the requestor even without the due payment. image: not related to the story
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Justice long delayed
Friday, 17 August 2018
Miss. T. Eliiaracy of Station Road, Kondavil appeared for the recruitment of Tamil Typist – Grade III which was an Open Competitive Examination held by the Court Management Service. One of the area’s that was examined was the typing of Tamil using the Computer. As she was in the process of this, the computer stopped
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RTI – a push to action for Public Authorities
Friday, 17 August 2018
In the Nanattan DS Division in Mannar, a RTI was filed by a citizen through TISL, requesting information about the powers and steps that can be taken by the DS office in a situation where land is illegally acquired by a private party. This was because the DS office had not formerly taken action on
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RTI prevents resource misappropriation – RTI used to hold public officials to account
Friday, 17 August 2018
Priya Paulraj, the RTI Programme Officer at TISL was informed by a group of villagers in Trincomalee that a certain public official in the Sambukalai village was inhabiting a house in a housing scheme that was meant to be given to low-income earning beneficiaries. She filed an RTI making inquiries about this issue, requesting details on the development programs initiated by
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RTI training leads to RTI success – the Water Board steps up
Friday, 17 August 2018
Under the Samurdhi scheme (a scheme to provide relief to low income earners), recipients are entitled to claim discounts on their utility bills. A Samurdhi recipient in Ampara who did not receive this entitlement, complained to the Water Board in January. As no action was taken by the Water Board, he filed an RTI in
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RTI used for evidence against false accusations
Friday, 17 August 2018
A Software Engineer at a State University was allegedly falsely accused by the Vice Chancellor of having tampered with the university’s Information System and not having made the basic utility payments due for his Headquarters. Although an inquiry commenced in this regard, no order was issued. With the hope of gathering information necessary as evidence in
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