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The Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe (on behalf of the Hon. (Prof.) L.M. Abeywickrama)

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Gampaha· 10 November 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Questions – Second Round: Kalawewa Railway Station and I-Road Project in Matara District (Q.1221/2025 and Q.1304/2025)

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Asked the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development for details on rural road development in the Matara District under the Road Development Authority’s i-Road Project. The question sought the number and length of roads initiated, how many have been completed or halted midway, and what steps will be taken to complete roads where interrupted works have made transportation difficult.

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¶ 01 I-ROAD PROJECT IN MATARA DISTRICT: DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL ROADS Question No. 1304/2025 to the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development:

¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House - (i) the number of rural roads in the Matara District, of which development has been initiated under the i-Road Project of the Road Development Authority and the distance of the said roads in kilometres, separately; (ii) out of the said roads, the number of those of which development work has been completed by now and the number of those of which development work has been commenced, but stopped halfway, separately; and (iii) the steps that will be taken to complete the development work of the roads on which transportation has become very difficult as the development work has been stopped halfway?

¶ 03 (b) If not, why?

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Hansard, Monday, 10 November 2025 ·No. 22753 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe (on behalf of the Hon. (Prof.) L.M. Abeywickrama). 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 November 2025. No. 22753. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/20457