The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa
On behalf of the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa stated that the proposed Heda Oya Project is intended to provide irrigation water to farmers in the Pottuvil and Lahugala Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions in Ampara District. He reported that no expenditure was incurred in 2018, while Rs. 3,784,014 was spent in 2019 and Rs. 999,928.74 in 2020. He added that only preliminary investigative work has been carried out, no implementation is currently proceeding, and the project has been delayed due to public protests over houses and lands that would be submerged by the reservoir.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 On behalf of the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation, I reply:
¶ 02 (a) (i) The Heda Oya Project has been proposed to provide irrigation water to farmers in the Pottuvil and Lahugala Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions of the Ampara District. (ii) No expenditure was incurred in 2018. Expenditure incurred was Rs. 3,784,014 in 2019 and Rs. 999,928.74 in 2020.
¶ 03 (b) (i) Some preliminary investigative work has been carried out; further work has been halted. (ii) There is no current implementation to proceed.
¶ 04 (c) The commencement of the project has been delayed due to public protests regarding houses and lands that would be submerged by the reservoir.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 January 2026. No. 23290. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14279