Hon. Sunil Kumara Gamage – Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
Hon. Sunil Kumara Gamage stated that the original sports facility project begun in 2016 was halted because earth filling led to waterlogging and flooding, making construction of the indoor stadium and drainage impracticable. He said the project was then shifted to the Emil Nagar/Naruvilikulam playground in the Nanattan DS Division, Mannar, where work began in 2017. He added that the approved swimming pool is under construction and that funds have been allocated in 2025 for an indoor sports hall and a 400-metre track.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 After commencement in 2016, earth filling was done. Due to waterlogging, construction of the indoor stadium and drainage was halted. The area floods; therefore, the project was discontinued midway and shifted to Naruvilikulam playground in Nanattan DS Division, Mannar.
¶ 02 Hon. Member, after the failure at the earlier site, works at Emil Nagar/Naruvilikulam playground commenced in 2017. The approved swimming pool is under construction. For 2025 we have allocated funds to construct an indoor sports hall and a 400m track.
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Cite as: Hon. Sunil Kumara Gamage – Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 4 March 2025. No. 1742359468086980. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10294