The Hon. (Dr.) V.S. Radhakrishnan
The Hon. (Dr.) V.S. Radhakrishnan welcomed the Bill to establish the National Building Research Institute, citing recent landslides and building collapses in hill-country plantation areas, including the collapse of a school in Kenilworth Estate. He linked the need for such an institute to ongoing vulnerabilities in plantation settlements and referred to NEVIDA, established under Act No. 32 of 2018, as a body responsible for housing, water and other development services for plantation communities.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, the Bill to establish the National Building Research Institute has been brought today. This is welcome. In the hill country, many line-rooms have collapsed in landslides. Just last week, a school in Kenilworth Estate collapsed; a temporary school has been arranged. In this context, creating the NBRI is good.
¶ 02 Previously, for the plantation regions, the New Estate Village Development Authority (NEVIDA) was established under Act No. 32 of 2018 to uplift the plantation community’s economic status and increase their contribution to national development by improving livelihoods and facilities, integrating them into the national mainstream. It supervises housing, potable water and other development and service projects.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) V.S. Radhakrishnan. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 September 2025. No. 1758876121024768. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15596