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The Hon. Susantha Kumara Nawarathna

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Anuradhapura· 3 June 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: North-Central Great Canal Project (Q.836/2025)

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Hon. Susantha Kumara Nawarathna raised a supplementary question on an unfinished water canal project covering six districts and ending at Nachchaduwa in Anuradhapura. He noted that a drinking water project had begun based on assurances of water from the canal, but delays were causing serious difficulties, including limiting cultivation for farmers around Mahakandarawa. He asked what plan exists to complete the project.

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¶ 01 First supplementary: The project covers six districts and ends at Nachchaduwa in Anuradhapura. Based on assurances of this water, a drinking water project has commenced, but this canal is still incomplete, creating serious issues. Farmers around Mahakandarawa sometimes cannot cultivate both seasons. What is the plan to finish this project?

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Hansard, Tuesday, 3 June 2025 ·No. 1750149440002739 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Susantha Kumara Nawarathna. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 June 2025. No. 1750149440002739. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10041