The Hon. Ananda Wijepala - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Ananda Wijepala said the Government is attaching 10,000 Civil Security Department personnel to the Police to address manpower shortages. He noted difficulties in assigning them to the Western Province or entirely within their home districts, but said efforts will be made to post them near their homes where possible and provide facilities when they serve outside their home provinces. He added that, with Cabinet approval, each CSD recruit attached to the Police will receive an additional monthly allowance of Rs. 25,200 for lodging and meals.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, due to manpower shortages, we decided to attach 10,000 CSD personnel to the Police. This is underway. Most CSD officers are based in Ampara, Anuradhapura, Kurunegala, and Monaragala. Attaching them to the Western Province presented issues. Posting all to their home districts also poses challenges, but we strive to place them there as much as possible. Where posted outside their home province, we will provide facilities. Further, each CSD recruit attached to Police will receive an additional Rs. 25,200 per month as lodging and meal allowance, per Cabinet approval. We are taking steps to ease their difficulties.
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