Hon. Imran Maharoof
Hon. Imran Maharoof asked the Government to state whether and when the Thoppur Sub-Divisional Secretariat, initiated in 2007 and later made operational in an identified building, would be upgraded to a full Divisional Secretariat. He argued that the current Muttur Divisional Secretariat covers many Grama Niladhari Divisions, requiring residents to travel long distances for services, and that upgrading Thoppur would improve access for those communities.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you, Hon. Deputy Minister. The Thoppur Sub-Divisional Secretariat, although initiated in 2007, could not function properly for a long time due to lack of a State building. During our good governance period, a building was identified and furnished, and operations commenced there. However, it still functions only as a Sub-Divisional Secretariat.
¶ 02 Muttur Divisional Secretariat covers many GN Divisions, and people have to travel long distances for services. If this Sub-Divisional Secretariat is upgraded, people of many GN Divisions can access services easily. Under your Government, within what timeline will you take steps to upgrade it, or will you not do so?
Provenance
- Source
- Hansard, Thursday, 9 April 2026 ·No. 23475 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
- Page · column
- not yet extracted — page/column anchors are not in the current dataset; the source PDF is the citable location.
- Permalink
/lk/speeches/28511
Cite as: Hon. Imran Maharoof. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 April 2026. No. 23475. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/28511