The Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana
Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana thanked the Deputy Minister for the response and highlighted that Sri Lanka’s coastline is environmentally sensitive and important for tourism. He raised concern that small coastal businesses in the south, including coconut sellers and surfing-related livelihoods, are being removed, and requested a programme that balances coastal protection with safeguarding local livelihoods and the tourism economy.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Minister, thank you for the reply. As an island, our coastline is an environmentally sensitive zone and vital to tourism. In southern coastal areas, many small businesses of coconut sellers, surfers, etc., are being removed. While protecting the coast, we must also safeguard livelihoods and strengthen the local tourism economy. I request your intervention to implement a programme that both protects the coast and safeguards these people’s lives.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 July 2025. No. 1754026625097211. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18487