The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan
Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan raised a Standing Order 27(2) question on the poor condition of the Point Pedro–Maruthankerny–Mandalai Pillaiyar Kovil coastal road in Vadamarachchi East, noting that it had been carpeted with public funds during 2015–2019 but had become unusable within five years. He asked the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development for details on the road’s length and funding, reasons for its rapid deterioration, accountability for planning or supervisory failures, and whether an investigation into alleged corruption would be conducted. He also sought a timeline for properly repairing the road to a usable carpeted standard, particularly with monsoon conditions affecting transport in the area.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, under Standing Order 27(2), I raise the following with the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development and Leader of the House, Hon. Bimal Rathnayake.
¶ 02 Vadamarachchi East is among the most underserved areas for ground transport in the Jaffna District. With the monsoon setting in, the main coastal road from Point Pedro (Paruthithurai), through Maruthankerny, Thalaiyadi, Kudaththanai, Uduthurai, Kattaikadu, Vetrilaikerny, Pullaveli, Nagar Kovil, Chempiyanpattu up to Mandalai Pillaiyar Kovil is in a dilapidated state. During 2015-2019, funds were allocated and the road was developed as a carpet road. This road, belonging to the Road Development Authority, was executed without proper planning and supervision, and has become unusable within five years. Is the Minister aware?
¶ 03 1. What is the total length of this road? How much funding was allocated? 2. Why did the road deteriorate within five years? What action will be taken against those responsible for lapses? 3. Will there be a full investigation into alleged corruption related to this road? 4. When will the road be properly repaired as a carpet road to be usable by the people?
Provenance
- Source
- Hansard, Friday, 14 November 2025 ·No. 22848 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
- Page · column
- not yet extracted — page/column anchors are not in the current dataset; the source PDF is the citable location.
- Permalink
/lk/speeches/20636
Cite as: The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 14 November 2025. No. 22848. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/20636