A survey conducted after an illegal building collapsed in Wellawatte recently has indicated that the Sri Sugatha Viharaya and its affiliated children's home are located in an unsafe area close the Wellawatte canal reservation area.

Therefore, a proposal by Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka to transfer a land in Attidiya, Dehiwala, owned by the Land Reclamation and Development Corporation to the said temple, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.