10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. Stepni Fernando

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Gampaha· 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. Stepni Fernando requested that Ragama, described as a small but haphazardly developed national transport hub where rail and road networks intersect, be developed in a systematic manner. She asked that local authority lands be integrated into the development plan and sought a timeline for when implementation would begin.

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¶ 01 Thank you. My second supplementary: Ragama is small and haphazardly grown. Prior attempts to develop have not materialized. There are local authority lands too—please integrate them and develop Ragama systematically. It is a national hub—rail and road intersect. When will implementation begin?

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Hansard, Friday, 23 January 2026 ·No. 23290 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Stepni Fernando. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 January 2026. No. 23290. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14312