The Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Rauff Hakeem urged the Government to convene and operationalize the National Council for Disaster Management established under the Sri Lanka Disaster Management Act, No. 13 of 2005, noting its statutory membership includes the President, relevant ministers and secretaries, and five Opposition MPs including the Leader of the Opposition. Referring to the Nintavur Arabic School incident on the Maavadipalli–Kaarthivu road in which six students died, he raised concerns over inconsistencies in procedures and compensation. He called for disaster death compensation to be increased from the current Rs. 250,000 to at least Rs. 1 million, in line with payments for human-elephant conflict deaths.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I thank the Hon. Leader of the House for that response. Turning to the main issue: I urge the Government to operationalize the National Council for Disaster Management under the Sri Lanka Disaster Management Act, No. 13 of 2005. It was not convened under previous governments; the incumbent President chairs it, and it should be activated swiftly. As per Section 3, five Opposition MPs including the Leader of the Opposition are members, along with relevant ministers and secretaries.
¶ 02 Regarding the Nintavur Arabic School incident on the Maavadipalli–Kaarthivu road where six students died: there are inconsistencies in compensation and procedures. Currently, the maximum compensation for disaster deaths is Rs. 250,000. This should be revised to at least Rs. 1 million, similar to compensation paid for human‑elephant conflict deaths.
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