The Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi
Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi called for compensation to be paid to farmers whose paddy cultivation failed due to damaged tanks and anicuts, citing around 35,250 hectares affected in Hambantota last season after water was not released from Samanalawewa. He said only a limited number of farmers had received compensation and requested that it be extended to all affected farmers.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Please grant me two more minutes. Pay compensation to farmers whose paddy failed due to broken tanks and anicuts. In Hambantota, about 35,250 hectares were affected last season because water was not released from Samanalawewa—then Minister Kanchana Wijesekera was in charge, and Minister Mahinda Amaraweera could not secure releases. Only a few farmers were compensated; extend compensation to all. Thank you for the time. I proposed compensation to families on both sides as a human being.
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- Hansard, Friday, 6 December 2024 ·No. 1734424725051921 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dilip Wedaarachchi. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 December 2024. No. 1734424725051921. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19622