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The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka on behalf of the Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law

8 May 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Questions: Martyrs' Day Commemorations and OPD Attendance (Q.10/2024, etc.)

Infrastructure
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Asked the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing about the Kurakkanhenegedara Drinking Water Project in Katupotha, Kurunegala District, including whether the Ministry is aware of the project, expenditure on initial work, and its current progress. He noted that the project was intended to serve the local hospital and over 700 families in Kurakkanhenegedara, Sapumalpuraya, Dangolla and Katupotha, and sought reasons for its suspension. He further asked whether the Government will take steps to expedite implementation to meet local drinking water needs and, if so, when the project will resume.

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¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing:

¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House— (i) whether he is aware that a community water project called “Kurakkanhenegedara Drinking Water Project” has been started in Katupotha in the Kurunegala District; (ii) the amount spent on the initial activities of the aforesaid project; (iii) the present progress of the aforesaid project; (iv) whether he is aware that the aforesaid project was implemented so that the hospital located in that area and people belonging to more than 700 family units in the areas of Kurakkanhenegedara, Sapumalpuraya, Dangolla and Katupotha are covered by the project; (v) the reasons for the aforesaid project to come to a standstill by now; (vi) whether steps will be taken to fulfill the drinking water requirement of the people in the above-mentioned areas by expeditiously implementing the aforesaid project; and (vii) if so, the date on which the aforesaid project will resume? (b) If not, why?

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Hansard, Thursday, 8 May 2025 ·No. 1748426168056758 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka on behalf of the Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 May 2025. No. 1748426168056758. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/21795