The Hon. Rohana Bandara
Rohana Bandara urged the Government to complete current-season disbursements before starting the next cycle and raised concerns about farmers affected by heavy rains and flooding. He said existing compensation provisions per acre are inadequate and that officials have not assessed many damaged fields, asking the Deputy Minister to amend relevant circulars or rules quickly to provide fair loss-based compensation and support replanting. He also sought a timeline for completing these measures.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 It would be good to complete disbursement for this season before moving to the next, Hon. Deputy Minister. Now, related to my question on pensions: due to heavy rains, many fields were flooded and destroyed. Farmers lack the strength to rehabilitate and replant. Existing laws provide inadequate compensation per acre, and officials have not even visited many fields to assess damage. You have the majority here; can you swiftly amend circulars to provide fair compensation for losses, not profits, and quickly enable replanting? By when can these measures be completed?
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Cite as: The Hon. Rohana Bandara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 December 2024. No. 1734685396083959. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18127