The Hon. Mano Ganesan
Mano Ganesan questioned whether plantation and hill-country communities are being included in the Government’s post-disaster housing and relief measures under the “Rebuilding Sri Lanka” programme. While welcoming the President’s housing initiatives and announced relief payments, he said affected estate workers in districts such as Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Badulla, Kegalle and Matale appear to have been sidelined. He demanded that the Government clearly state whether these communities will receive the promised land and housing assistance, including the Rs. 5 million allocations.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Chairperson, the Leader of the House did not speak to the motion before the House—we saw that; the truth will come out. Let us not carry the House into falsehoods.
¶ 02 Today, the President, Hon. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, launched housing initiatives in Anuradhapura under the “Rebuilding Sri Lanka” programme. I congratulate him—this is good.
¶ 03 But where are the hill-country people in this? After the recent disaster, the President announced Rs. 25,000 to clean houses, Rs. 15,000 for affected schoolchildren, and relief to farmers, small businesses and livestock rearers. Even in this, the hill-country people, particularly plantation communities in Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Badulla, Kegalle and Matale—those most affected—have been sidelined. On home and land ownership—the President now prominently says those who lost houses will be given Rs. 5 million for land and Rs. 5 million to build a house. Where are the plantation people in this promise? The Government must state clearly. They suffered heavily in this disaster; many are estate workers. They cannot be left out.
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- Hansard, Friday, 9 January 2026 ·No. 23149 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Mano Ganesan. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 January 2026. No. 23149. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/1739