The Local Authorities are responsible for providing services for the comfort, convenience and well-being of the community in respective areas. The Local Authority carries out;

• Regulatory and administrative functions
• Promote public health and sanitation
• Environmental sanitation
• Public thoroughfares and public utility services.

Sri Lanka has a long history of local government and local authority. After introducing the 13th Amendment to the constitution in 1987, Local Government became a devolved subject under the Provincial Councils.

The Local Government System consisted of Municipal Councils, Urban Councils, Pradeshiya Sabhas which are govern by three main laws

• Municipal Councils Ordinance (1947)
• Urban Councils Ordinance (1939)
• Pradeshiya Sabhas Act (1987)

The Local Authorities who are under the Western Provincial Council has mentioned below.