The Hon. D.V. Chanaka
Hon. D.V. Chanaka argued that household food costs have risen sharply, placing public servants under financial pressure, and suggested the current cost may exceed Rs. 100,000. He said onion, pumpkin, potato, and finger millet farmers are unable to sell their produce and urged the Government to allocate funds and address these issues before a planned gathering in Nugegoda on the 21st.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, please give me 30 more seconds.
¶ 02 So, on average, a household needs Rs. 65,500 just for food. This excludes building houses, buying vehicles, bicycles, those Japanese cars, the Vitz—none of that. Without any of that, you still need Rs. 65,500. I believe by now this figure may have exceeded Rs. 100,000, because this data is not up to date. That is why the public servant is suffering.
¶ 03 The onion farmer cannot sell onions, he is in difficulty. The pumpkin farmer cannot sell pumpkins. The potato farmer cannot sell potatoes. If these issues are not resolved, inevitably they will all be in Nugegoda on the 21st. Therefore, we request you to resolve these issues before the 21st, even if the crowd is smaller that day. At least allocate funds and resolve the problems of the potato farmer, the onion farmer, the finger millet farmer, and the pumpkin farmer.
¶ 04 Thank you very much.
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Cite as: The Hon. D.V. Chanaka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 13 November 2025. No. 22816. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27045