The Hon. Mano Ganesan
Mano Ganesan opposed proposals to build apartment blocks for hill country communities, arguing that they require stand-alone houses with access to land rather than urban-style apartments. He demanded that the same Rs. 5 million housing grant given to others be provided to these communities and warned that failure to do so would undermine confidence in the Government and lead to protests.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Please give me a few seconds, Hon. Deputy Chairperson of Committees.
¶ 02 They say they are going to build apartment blocks for our people! They do not want apartments. They need stand-alone houses. Build apartments in the cities if you wish, but not in the hill country. The hill country people need houses with a connection to land. Only then can we live and move about as a community. Therefore, we will not accept apartment blocks. Our party will never accept it. Please understand this clearly. Our people must be given individual houses. The same Rs. 5 million you are granting to others must also be granted to our people. If you fail to do so, we will lose confidence in this Government, and we will be compelled to resort to protest. Thank you.
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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/1741