The Hon. Susantha Kumara Nawarathna
Hon. Susantha Kumara Nawarathna asked the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation for details on Sri Lanka’s major irrigation reservoirs, including whether reservation boundaries have been identified and gazetted, and which reservoirs have gazetted boundaries. He also sought specific information on families living within the Nuwara Weva reservation in Anuradhapura District, requesting lists of residents and permit holders, and asking whether land permits had been granted or why not.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation: (a) Will he inform this House - (i) the number of major irrigation reservoirs in Sri Lanka; (ii) whether their reservation boundaries have been identified; (iii) if so, the number for which boundaries have been identified; and (iv) whether the identified reservation boundaries have been gazetted; and (v) which reservoirs have gazetted reservation boundaries? (b) Will he also inform this House - (i) the number of families living within the reservation boundary of Nuwara Weva in Anuradhapura District; (ii) whether a list of names will be tabled; (iii) whether permits have been granted for the lands on which they live; and (iv) if so, whether a list of such permit holders will be presented? (c) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 20 May 2025 ·No. 1749010823009957 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Susantha Kumara Nawarathna. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 May 2025. No. 1749010823009957. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/25796