The Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna
K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna stated that 2,056 houses are being built this year with Indian assistance and that Rs. 1,300 million from the Treasury is being used for infrastructure development, including 456 houses. He said 50 families displaced by the 2023 Kabaraagala, Haldummulla landslide, who had been housed in a closed factory for two years, are now receiving houses with roofing work and construction support from the Tri-Forces. He also stated that the Government is increasing estate workers’ daily wage to Rs. 1,700 to better meet living standards.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, regarding houses: under Indian assistance, we are commencing construction of 2,056 houses this year. From the Treasury, Rs. 1,300 million has been allocated for our infrastructure development; with that, we have commenced building 456 houses.
¶ 02 Further, in 2023 a landslide occurred in Kabaraagala, Haldummulla. Fifty families were relocated to a closed factory. For two years they did not receive houses. We are now roofing those 50 houses, with the Tri-Forces assisting in construction. We did shramadana and we are building houses.
¶ 03 On estate wages: we are increasing the daily wage to Rs. 1,700 to suit their living standards under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government.
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Cite as: The Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 October 2025. No. 22640. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13895