The Hon. D.V. Chanaka
Hon. D.V. Chanaka questioned the Government’s plan to release ten million coconuts over two weeks, noting that daily national demand is about four million and warning that shortages and queues may continue while prices remain around Rs. 240 per coconut. He argued that the rice and coconut supply issues should have been addressed promptly after the Government was formed and urged the newly appointed Minister to provide an effective solution to prevent consumer hardship.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 You say coconuts will be at Sathosa from today. You also say ten million nuts will be released over two weeks. But daily national demand is four million nuts. At that rate we will soon see coconut queues. If you solve the problem fully, there is no issue. But as of this moment, coconuts are Rs. 240 each.
¶ 02 We will check Sathosa. If we can buy without queues, we will go. There is a rice problem and a coconut problem. When you formed the Government three months ago, these should have been addressed immediately. The Minister has now been appointed. If you had attended promptly, this could have been resolved. We believe you can still solve it; otherwise consumers will suffer. Thus far, there has been no solution.
¶ 03 Thank you.
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Cite as: The Hon. D.V. Chanaka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 December 2024. No. 1734081038099638. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12580