Sitting of Friday, 22 May 2026
Source: Hansard PDF (parliament.lk) ↗ ·No. 23666 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
Order of business
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- 1 Opening Opening and Papers Presented 5 speeches
- 2 Petitions Petitions 3 speeches
- 3 Procedural Procedural: Parliamentary Business Committee and Party Leaders' Meeting 20 speeches
- 4 Oral question Oral Question: Ancestral lands of displaced people of Mullikulam - Resettlement (Q.68/2025) 6 speeches
- 5 Oral question Oral Question: Land plots in Omanthai–Veppankulam distributed to public sector employees (Q.3/2025) 8 speeches
- 6 Procedural Question No. 4 Postponed 1 speeches
- 7 Oral question Oral Question: Low-capacity electricity cable systems - Expansion (Q.5/2025) 4 speeches
- 8 Oral question Oral Question: Provision of drinking water in Trincomalee District (Q.6/2025) 8 speeches
- 9 Oral question Oral Questions: Multiple Questions Tabled (Q.7-9, and Agricultural questions) 11 speeches
- 10 Procedural Question No. 10 - Trade/Commerce Question Stood Down 2 speeches
- 11 Oral question Standing Order 27(2) Questions: CESS Phase-out and Currency Depreciation 13 speeches
- 12 Debate Ministerial Statement: Cybersecurity Incidents and Response 16 speeches
- 13 Debate Statements of Condolence: Six Former Members of Parliament 29 speeches
- 14 Adjournment Adjournment Questions 11 speeches
- 15 Oral question Question No. 01 - 2003/2026 and Question No. 2004/2026 - Hydropower Capacity 3 speeches
- The Hon. Presiding Member procedural
- The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake NDF
AI summary Hon. Ravi Karunanayake asked the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation for details on the Mahaweli Scheme’s hydropower capacity, generation since 2020, commissioning dates, approving Presidents, reservoir sedimentation levels, and dam safety funding over the past five years. He also sought information on measures to balance irrigation, drinking water supply, and power generation under changing rainfall patterns, and whether climate-resilience assessments have been conducted for irrigation reliability and flood management.
- The Hon. K.D. Lal Kantha - Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation JJB
AI summary The Minister provided tabulated information on major Mahaweli reservoirs and hydropower stations, including installed capacity, Moragahakanda generation from 2020 to March 2026, dates of commencement, approving Presidents, storage capacity, sediment data, and maintenance expenditure from 2021 to 2025. He stated that maintenance and operational activities are carried out periodically, with annual reports recording disaster risks, repairs, and structural stability. He noted that reservoir water releases cannot be made without reliable rainfall quantities and timing, and that sudden high-intensity rainfall floods cannot be fully controlled using current meteorological forecasts. He further stated that major irrigation reservoirs were designed and constructed according to planned engineering standards to withstand probable maximum rainfall, peak flood volumes, and related safety factors.