Balangoda is a small and well planed town in Sabaragamuwa Province, Ratnapura District and Balangoda Divisional Secretariat area in Sri Lanka. 150 km distant from capital city Colombo. The Urban Council established in 1945 by British colonial and the first mayor is Mr. Barnes Ratwatte Disawe who was the father of late world's first lady prime minster Sirimawo Bandaranayake. Then the world famous Buddhist monk Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maithereya thero was born and residence in the city. The normal temperature change between 20o C to 30o C. The beautiful and mountainous situation around the area. A great deal of the inhabitants work in this area agriculture, gem mining and tea planting sectors. These sectors however also have a negative impact on the environmental sustainability of the city. Increasing congestion waste water problem, poverty and highly increasing the values of lands. The city implements a best waste management system in including, composting, polythene/plastic recycling, recyclable waste colection, school waste management programs, night soil treatment, and a resilient city program. It was first started as the "Seniority Board" and 11 mayors have ruled this urban council up to now. This urban council has also been ruled by a special commissioner for another 9 years. The present mayor of the Balangoda urban council is Mr. Nimal Gamini Weerasinghe. This Urban council area is about 16.2 square kilometers in size and the present permanent resident human population of this urban area is about 35,875.and Floating population 50,000 per day and Balangoda area population 77,026. Balangoda urban council facilitates almost all the basic common needs of about 50,000 people who enter the city for various types of purposes daily. The staff consists of 117 permanent and 65 substitute members are always ready to provide a good service to the public.