The Hon. Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi
Hon. Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism for details on the current status of the Madunagala Tourist Project initiated by the Ruhunu Tourist Bureau. He sought expenditure figures for the unfinished heart revival centre, cafeteria, restroom, dining hall, tourist bungalow and rural bazaar, and asked whether the Minister was aware of their reported disrepair. He also requested the Government’s planned steps to complete, repair, or re-implement the project.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism:
¶ 02 Madunagala Tourist Project: Current Status
¶ 03 (a) Will he inform this House: (i) whether he is aware that the Ruhunu Tourist Bureau has started the Madunagala Tourist Project; (ii) the amount of money spent to construct a building to establish a heart massage (heart revival) centre using the Madunagala hot water springs; and (iii) the steps that will be taken to complete the construction of that building, as the work has not yet been finished?
¶ 04 (b) Will he also inform this House: (i) separately, the amount spent on the cafeteria, restroom and dining hall constructed in the Madunagala Tourist Zone under this project; (ii) whether he is aware that the generators at the tourist bungalow constructed at considerable expense are currently out of order and its roof is in a dilapidated condition; (iii) the amount spent to construct the rural bazaar; (iv) whether he is aware that the bazaar is in ruins by now; and (v) the steps that will be taken to re-implement that project?
¶ 05 If not, why?
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Cite as: The Hon. Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 March 2025. No. 1742473561091594. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/2240