Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media, Acting Minister of Justice and National Integration, and Chief Government Whip
The Minister tabled a written answer on postal services in Kilinochchi District, listing the number and categories of post offices and identifying which offices and sub-post offices have permanent land and buildings. He stated that buildings for sub-post offices are generally not constructed from departmental allocations because suitable premises are to be provided by the Sub-Postmaster, and noted that modern and computer facilities have been provided to Kilinochchi, Paranthan and Pooneryn post offices. He further said residents in the referenced areas can access postal services within 2–3 kilometres through nearby offices, that no record exists of the cited letter to the Postmaster General, and that there is no post or sub-post office named “Pachchilaippalli.”
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, I table the answer.
¶ 02 (a) (i) Yes. (ii) Kilinochchi District: - Head Post Office: 01 - Grade I: 03 - Grade II: 01 - Sub-post offices: 38 (iii) Post offices with/without permanent land and buildings: - With permanent land/buildings: Kilinochchi, Pallai, Thalaiyadi, Paranthan, Pooneryn - Without permanent land/buildings: Sub-post offices as listed below Sub-post offices with/without permanent land and buildings: - With permanent land/buildings: Akkarayankulam, Ramanathapuram, Skandapuram, Vaddakachchi, Vannerikulam, Urunirapuram, Vinayagapuram, Iyakkachchi, Kilali, Muhamalai, Soranpattu, Thadduvankoddi, Aliyavalai, Chempiyanpattu, Chundikulam, Mulliyan, Kudathanai, Nagar Kovil, Kandavalai, Kunchuparanthan, Murasumoddai, Puliyampokkanai, Sivanagar, Dharmapuram, Iranaitivu, Koudarimunai, Pallacharaiyankaddu, Poonakari-Nallur, Sivapuram, Veeravil - Without permanent land/buildings: Ambalnagar, Kalmadunagar, Karadipokku, Konavil, Thirunagar, Thiruvaiyaru, Eluthumadduval (iv) As suitable buildings for sub-post offices are to be provided by the Sub-Postmaster, construction of buildings for sub-post offices is generally not undertaken from Departmental allocations. (v) Modern facilities and computer facilities have been provided to Kilinochchi, Paranthan and Pooneryn post offices. There is no post office or sub-post office named “Pachchilaippalli”.
¶ 03 (b) (i) Residents of those areas can currently obtain postal services within 2–3 km through nearby post or sub-post offices. (ii) There is no record available at present regarding receipt of such a letter by the Postmaster General or subsequent action taken.
¶ 04 (c) Not applicable.
¶ 05 MAGA NEGUMA: CURRENT STATUS 1242/2025
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Cite as: Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media, Acting Minister of Justice and National Integration, and Chief Government Whip. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 September 2025. No. 1759815459006615. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/20786