The Hon. Anton Jayakody
Anton Jayakody said the Government has introduced support from 1 January 2025 for the education of children when a household head dies in an elephant attack, with compensation administered through Divisional and District Secretariats. He said the Government would consider issuing the Red Data Book annually and outlined ongoing human-elephant conflict mitigation measures, including improving forest forage and water sources, maintaining habitats, expanding electric fencing, and regularizing over 3,500 workers to maintain fences.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, we discussed this during the Budget as well. From 01.01.2025, if the household head dies due to elephant attacks, the Government will support children’s education through the President’s Fund, and compensation is paid via Divisional and District Secretariats. We will consider issuing the Red Data Book annually. We are also intensifying measures to prevent HEC, recognizing Sri Lanka has among the highest elephant and human population densities in elephant ranges. We are improving forage and water inside forests, maintaining habitats, and expanding electric fencing. We have regularized over 3,500 former multipurpose workers to maintain fences and provided facilities to ensure proper performance.
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Cite as: The Hon. Anton Jayakody. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 June 2025. No. 1751430648025512. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27446