Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna - Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure
The Minister stated that part of the plantation community still lives in line rooms, while others occupy houses built through government, institutional, foreign-assisted, or self-funded programmes. He said the Ministry’s Community Infrastructure Division and affiliated bodies are implementing housing and land-title measures, including preparing deeds for Indian Housing Programme houses and JEDB properties, and providing 10 perches per beneficiary to the Malayaha plantation Tamil community through relevant state plantation institutions. A detailed written answer was tabled.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the answers are as follows:
¶ 02 (a)(i) Yes. A segment of the plantation community lives in line rooms, while another segment lives in houses built by the Government, other institutions, with foreign assistance, or by self-contribution.
¶ 03 (ii) Through the Community Infrastructure Division of the Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure and other relevant institutions brought under the Ministry, actions are being implemented as follows. The New Villages Development Authority for the Plantation Region, which functions under our Ministry, has prepared deeds for houses constructed under the Indian Housing Programme. Likewise, the Janatha Estate Development Board (JEDB) has prepared relevant deeds. We have planned, and are providing, 10 perches per beneficiary in the Malayaha (Plantation Tamil) community. The Elkaduwa Plantations Company as well as the Sri Lanka State Plantations Corporation are also carrying out this task.
¶ 04 (iii) Answered by (i) and (ii). (b) Not applicable.
¶ 05 Hon. Speaker, I table a detailed answer related to this Question.
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