The Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe - Deputy Minister of Land and Irrigation
The Deputy Minister stated that paddy lands had been damaged during the rainy season due to river outfalls being blocked by paddy cultivation, lowered bunds, and cultivation within river reservations, leading to bund breaches. He said estimates for repairs and reconstruction were being prepared, and that work at the breached locations would begin after the Yala harvesting season.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Answer: (a) (i) Due to paddy cultivation blocking river outfalls, lowering of bunds, and cultivation inside the river reservation, during the rainy season bund breaches have caused damage to paddy lands in the said areas.
¶ 02 (ii) Estimates for repairing the breached bunds are being prepared.
¶ 03 (iii) Estimates are under preparation.
¶ 04 (iv) Reconstruction at breached locations will commence after the Yala harvesting season.
¶ 05 (b) Not applicable in view of the above.
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