DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF WORKS DIVISION
- Rehabilitation and maintenance of the entire public road network within the city of Vavuniya except Base Line Road, which are managed by the Road Development Authority.
- Maintenance of all the council buildings, playgrounds and the common areas within the Area of Vavuniya.
- Carrying out roads and buildings projects under decentralized budget through Hon. members of parliament, provincial council and other government agencies.
- Upgrading the public amenities, access roads of the underserved settlements utilizing funds allocated for Hon. members of the council.
- Removal and prevention of unauthorized structures within the state lands, Vavuniya Urban Council lands and road reservations.
- Development of private roads on payment as per the requests by the residents living in the private roads.
- Carrying out the laboratory testing and quality assurance of the construction activities done by the other units of the division and other divisions.
- Issuing of road excavation permits for all the utility agencies in order to carry out their augmentation projects, routine maintenance activities, emergency breakdowns and water leaks …etc.
- Maintenance of Public Toilets within the Area of Toilet
- Assisting the disaster management activities during the disasters and currently Works is the main coordinator of Urban Council coordinator of the emergency response programme of the city in an event of a disaster.