The Hon. Waruna Liyanage
Waruna Liyanage asked the Minister about drinking water provision in Ratnapura, noting that while the NWSDB and community schemes serve many families, nearly one million people still lack NWSDB-supplied water and many community projects lack treatment plants. Referring to the Budget allocation of Rs. 2,000 million for the Department of National Community Water Supply and 21 planned new projects, he asked how much funding would be allocated to Ratnapura.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, first supplementary:
¶ 02 Hon. Minister, NWSDB serves about 81,000 families in Ratnapura; community schemes cover about 80,000 families. However, nearly one million people still lack NWSDB-provided drinking water. Of the 490 community projects, around 300 lack water treatment plants, making them unsuitable for safe drinking water in my view. Rs. 2,000 million has been allocated in this Budget under the Department of National Community Water Supply. Twenty-one new projects are to commence. How much funding do you expect to allocate for Ratnapura under these 21?
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Cite as: The Hon. Waruna Liyanage. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 1 March 2025. No. 1741955797040395. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/150