The Hon. M.S. Abthul Wazeeth

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress· National List· 23 January 2026 ·Oral question: Oral Questions: Heda Oya Irrigation, Thondaman Foundation, Schools, Hydropower, Sugar Factories, Ragama Town, Monaragala Lands, Badulla Cooperatives

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Hon. M.S. Abthul Wazeeth asked the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation about the current status of the Heda Oya Irrigation Project, which was previously allocated Rs. 150 million in 2018, Rs. 25 million in 2019, and Rs. 50 million in 2020 to provide irrigation water to farmers in the Pottuvil and Lahugala Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions of Ampara District. He sought confirmation of the need to supply water to those farmers and asked whether the Government would restart the project to support agricultural activities, or explain why not.

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¶ 01 Oral Answers to Questions

¶ 02 Heda Oya Irrigation Project: Current Status

¶ 03 Question to the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation:

¶ 04 (a) Will he accept that— (i) water should be supplied to the farmers of the Pottuvil and Lahugala Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions of the Ampara District through irrigation projects; and (ii) the then governments implemented the Heda Oya Irrigation Project in 2018, 2019 and 2020, spending Rs. 150 million, Rs. 25 million and Rs. 50 million respectively, with the aim of supplying irrigation water to the said farmers?

¶ 05 (b) Will he inform this House— (i) the present status of the said project that was implemented with the aim of supplying irrigation water to the farmers residing in the above Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions; and (ii) whether steps will be taken to restart the said project, as its implementation would enable farmers residing in the Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions mentioned in (a)(i) above to use water for their agricultural activities?

¶ 06 (c) If not, why?

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Source: Hansard, Friday, 23 January 2026 ·No. 23290 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. M.S. Abthul Wazeeth. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 January 2026. No. 23290. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14278