The Hon. Ravindra Bandara
Ravindra Bandara alleged that state lands are being illegally misused with political patronage and requested information from the Lands Ministry on such cases. He welcomed the proposed increases in housing-related grants but asked whether compensation for deaths caused by recent incidents such as elephant attacks and landslides has also been increased.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Minister, you know this too: various state lands are misused illegally due to political patronage. I also request information from the Lands Ministry on such misuse.
¶ 02 From your main answer, I note you propose raising the construction grant from Rs. 1.2 million to Rs. 2.0 million and land-with-house grant from Rs. 1.6 million to Rs. 2.5 million—this is good, as previous amounts were insufficient.
¶ 03 My second supplementary: in recent incidents—including elephant attacks and landslides—there were fatalities. Has the government increased the compensation paid in such cases?
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravindra Bandara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 January 2025. No. 1736487038022510. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15925