The Hon. (Dr.) V.S. Radhakrishnan
Hon. (Dr.) V.S. Radhakrishnan said compensation for fully damaged estate houses had not reached workers because they lack land ownership, and urged the Government to address this long-standing issue by granting land rights to estate workers. He requested the establishment of a Special Task Force to finalize land ownership within the Government’s remaining term, even if housing construction is delayed.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, thank you for your comprehensive answers today. As per your reply, compensation for completely damaged estate houses has not reached the workers due to lack of land ownership. We must first resolve land ownership—grant land rights to estate workers. This issue is over 200 years old. I request that a Special Task Force be established to resolve it. Your Government has three more years; later another government will come, and this will drag on. Please set up a Special Task Force to finalize land rights. Even if houses are delayed, give them land ownership.
¶ 02 My second supplementary time, I yield to Hon. Jeevan Thondaman.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) V.S. Radhakrishnan. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 June 2026. No. 23706. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/2770