The Hon. M.S. Abthul Wazeeth

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress· National List· 24 October 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: SLTB Bus Depot in Pottuvil DS Division (Q.8-9/2025)

Infrastructure

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Hon. M.S. Abthul Wazeeth asked whether the Sammanturai sub bus depot, closed in 2021 despite earlier profitability and with its buses transferred to Kalmunai, could be reopened. He noted its historical establishment in 1998, the current allocation of five acres for a full depot, and prior requests for reopening raised at Divisional and District Coordinating Committee meetings.

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¶ 01 Thank you, Hon. Deputy Minister. My second supplementary: The Sammanturai sub bus depot, opened in 1998 at the request of our party’s late National Leader M.H.M. Ashraff and former MP U.L.M. Nuhman, was closed in 2021 by the last Government, and 17 buses were moved to Kalmunai depot despite profitability. The sub-depot remains closed. Five acres have been allocated now for a full depot. Former MP M.I.M. Mansoor has requested reopening at both the Divisional and District Coordinating Committee meetings. Can it be reopened?

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Source: Hansard, Friday, 24 October 2025 ·No. 22644 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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