The Hon. Nishantha Perera
Hon. Nishantha Perera questioned the failure of 207 out of 781 tea nurseries established under a 25 million plants project by the Sri Lanka Tea Board and the STDA, noting that nursery failure undermines tea cultivation. He alleged that past allocations were made for political favour, causing financial losses, and asked what action would be taken regarding the failed nurseries and how future nursery allocations would be directed to suitable recipients.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, my second supplementary question is this.
¶ 02 During the same period there was a 25 million plants project by the Sri Lanka Tea Board and also by the STDA. Under this, 781 tea nurseries were established; 207 are inactive. Nurseries are the lifeline of cultivation. If nurseries fail, the entire cultivation is affected. Of the 781 nurseries, 207—about 26 per cent—have failed. In the past, nurseries were given for political favour. As a result, massive sums have been lost. With tea, the country could earn dollars within a year or two, but this devastation destroyed cultivation at inception. What action will be taken regarding these 207 failed nurseries, and what steps will be taken to allocate nurseries to the right people?
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