The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of the Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana)
Asked the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development whether he was aware of the recent fish deaths in Colombo’s Beira Lake, and requested the findings of the expert committee appointed to investigate the incident. He also asked what measures would be taken to address severe pollution in Beira Lake and other reservoirs across Sri Lanka, or, if no action was planned, the reasons for that.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House— (i) whether he is aware that an incident of fish death was reported recently in the Beira Lake in Colombo; (ii) the findings in the report of the expert committee appointed to investigate the said incident; and (iii) since the water not only in the Beira Lake but also in many other reservoirs in Sri Lanka has become extremely polluted, the steps that will be taken to control this situation? (b) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 22 October 2025 ·No. 22638 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of the Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana). 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 October 2025. No. 22638. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12323