Abstract:
Regional development is the provision of aid and other assistance to
region which are less economically developed. Prime objective of this study is to
examine the present situation of regional development of Eastern Province of Sri Lanka
and to analysis the role of Eastern Provincial Council in regional development Further,
the study identifies the challenges and future prospect of the council to develop the
province. In this respect, this study is interpretative one which was carried out by
employing primary and secondary data. The Primary data has been collected through
questionnaire and interviews. Five person have been interviewed. The Secondary data
has been collected from books, official documents, reports, journals and news paper
articles. Major finding of this study is to be clearly identified mat development
strategies implemented by Eastern Provincial Council within the past two years have
not successfully contributed to reduce the socioeconomic disparities in the Eastern
province. And die role of provincial council in the eastern development has been
challenged due to lack of power, lack of people participation in the development
process and tug of war in politic.
