The Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe - Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development
The Deputy Minister stated that while the main access to the estate is adequate, secondary access roads remain problematic because the Ministry and the Industrial Development Board receive allocations only for internal development, not external roads. He said the Ministry would coordinate with the District Coordinating Committee and Provincial Council to address the issue, and noted that Gampaha District industrial estates face broader challenges in access roads and solid waste management to be tackled through a district development programme during the year.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 The main access is acceptable; issues are with secondary approaches. The Ministry/IDB does not receive allocations for external access roads, only for internal development. We will work with the District Coordinating Committee and the Provincial Council to address this. Beyond this estate, Gampaha District estates also face two external issues—access roads and solid waste management—which we plan to address through a district development programme with direct involvement of the IDB and the Ministry this year.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 7 January 2026 ·No. 23112 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe - Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 January 2026. No. 23112. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23257