The Hon. Upali Samarasingha
Upali Samarasingha outlined Budget allocations for Northern development, including funding for rural roads and bridges, the Mullaitivu Vadduvakal Bridge, resettlement of displaced persons in the North and East, improvements to the Jaffna Library, coconut cultivation, and restoration of tanks in Vavuniya. He stated that these were substantial allocations and that the Government would act fairly within its limits.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Please allow me a brief extension, Hon. Presiding Member.
¶ 02 We have allocated Rs. 5,000 million for rural roads and bridges in the North; Rs. 1,000 million for the Mullaitivu Vadduvakal Bridge; Rs. 1,500 million to resettle displaced persons in the North and East; Rs. 100 million to rectify the shortcomings of the Jaffna Library; Rs. 500 million for 16,000 acres of coconut cultivation in the North; and Rs. 5,000 million to restore 162 tanks in Vavuniya District alone. These are massive allocations for the North. We cannot give a pound of flesh, but we will do the maximum fairly.
¶ 03 Thank you.
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