The Hon. M.S. Abthul Wazeeth
Hon. M.S. Abthul Wazeeth requested improvements to the Pottuvil bus depot, noting its earlier downgrade, recent re-upgrading, and an unutilized Rs. 600 million allocation from the previous year. He asked whether the current Budget could provide a new building, luxury buses, basic facilities, and fill five vacant driver posts, particularly to support transport services in the tourism area of Arugam Bay.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you, Hon. Deputy Minister. My first supplementary: The Pottuvil bus depot opened by late former Minister Ashraff operated well but was downgraded to a sub-depot during a period without political authority. Near the end of the last Government, through the efforts of former MP Musharraf, it was again upgraded to a depot, and about Rs. 600 million was allocated for basic facilities, but as it was year-end, funds could not be utilized. In this year’s budget allocations, for Arugam Bay—famous for tourism—can we establish a new building, provide new luxury buses and basic facilities, and fill five vacant driver posts to operate the depot effectively?
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Cite as: The Hon. M.S. Abthul Wazeeth. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 October 2025. No. 22644. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/28752