The Hon. M.S. Abthul Wazeeth
Hon. M.S. Abthul Wazeeth asked the Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply whether Pottuvil and Lahugala Divisional Secretariat Divisions in Ampara face a drinking water shortage and whether Rs. 225 million was spent on the Heda Oya Water Supply Project between 2018 and 2020 to address it. He sought the project’s current status and asked whether it would be recommenced to meet local potable water needs, or, if not, the reasons for not doing so.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply:
¶ 02 HEDA OYA WATER SUPPLY PROJECT: PRESENT STATUS (1395/2025)
¶ 03 (a) Will he state whether— (i) there is a shortage of drinking water in the Divisional Secretariat Divisions of Pottuvil and Lahugala in the Ampara District; and (ii) to address this, successive Governments implemented the Heda Oya Water Project in 2018, 2019 and 2020, spending Rs. 150 million, Rs. 25 million and Rs. 50 million respectively?
¶ 04 (b) What is the present status of that project; and since it can meet the potable water needs of the people in those DS Divisions, will steps be taken to recommence it?
¶ 05 (c) If not, why?
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Cite as: The Hon. M.S. Abthul Wazeeth. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 13 November 2025. No. 22816. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26959