The Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna - Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure
The Minister provided district-level data on estate housing in Ratnapura, stating that there are 24,235 estate housing units, including single houses, twin cottages, line rooms, upstairs line rooms, and temporary sheds. He outlined national estate housing development allocations from 2020 to 2025, and specified that Ratnapura received Rs. 58.5 million in 2021 and Rs. 10.2 million in 2025. He stated that ongoing projects listed in the tabled annexes are being expedited, and placed the relevant annexes in the Library.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 (a) (i) Number of estate houses in Ratnapura District:
¶ 02 - Single houses: 3,717 - Twin cottages: 2,869 - Line rooms (single barrack): 6,876 - Line rooms (double barrack): 8,605 - Upstairs line rooms: 9 - Temporary sheds: 2,159 - Total: 24,235
¶ 03 (ii) Funds allocated for estate housing development: - 2020: Rs. 680.79 million - 2021: Rs. 1,000 million - 2022: Rs. 300 million - 2023: Rs. 500 million - 2024: Rs. 500 million - 2025: Rs. 767 million
¶ 04 For Ratnapura District: - 2021: Rs. 58.5 million - 2025: Rs. 10.2 million
¶ 05 (iii) Ongoing projects listed in Annexes III and IV are being expedited to completion.
¶ 06 Annexes I, II, III and IV tabled.
¶ 07 (b) Not applicable.
¶ 08 Placed in the Library.
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Cite as: The Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna - Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 February 2026. No. 23308. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/20225