The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Asked the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation to provide details on crop damage caused by adverse weather in November 2024, including total affected land area, breakdown by paddy, maize and other crops, and the estimated financial loss. He also requested information on compensation paid by crop category, the extent of damaged cultivated land still awaiting compensation, and the reasons for any non-payment.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House the - (i) total area of lands in which crops were damaged due to adverse weather that affected Sri Lanka in November, 2024; (ii) total area of lands according to each crop damaged, i.e. paddy fields, maize fields, and lands cultivated with other crops etc., separately; and (iii) estimated financial loss caused by the damage to crops?
¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform this House the - (i) total amount of compensation paid for the damaged crops; (ii) total amount of compensation paid for each damaged paddy field, maize cultivation and lands cultivated with other crops, separately; (iii) total area of lands that cultivated crops, for which compensation has not yet been paid; and (iv) reasons for not paying the compensation for the lands referred to above?
¶ 04 (c) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Friday, 23 May 2025 ·No. 1750228312097834 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 May 2025. No. 1750228312097834. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23841