10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress· Digamadulla· 22 October 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Warehouses of Paddy Marketing Board in Ampara District (Q.8/2025)

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Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe requested special provision in the 2026 Budget to supply paddy dryers to warehouses in the Ampara District. He said the district frequently experiences flooding, affecting farmers’ ability to dry paddy, and asked whether the Deputy Minister would allocate funds for this purpose.

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¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Minister, my second supplementary question: I request that paddy dryers be provided to the warehouses in the Ampara District. Our district frequently experiences floods. You too have visited and observed the flooding. To dry the paddy of our farmers, will you make special budgetary provision in the upcoming 2026 Budget to provide paddy dryers to the warehouses in the Ampara District?

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Hansard, Wednesday, 22 October 2025 ·No. 22638 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 October 2025. No. 22638. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12316