The Hon. Sunil Watagala, Attorney-at-Law – Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs

¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, I provide the following answer.

¶ 02 (i) Civil Defence Force Headquarters in Anuradhapura District – 06.

¶ 03 (ii) Membership of the Civil Defence Department at each headquarters (officers and troops):

¶ 04 - Anuradhapura: Officers 1,937; Troops 951 - Weli Oya (Sampathnuwara): Officers 1,797; Troops 801 - Wilpattu (Thanthirimale): Officers 1,737; Troops 1,741 - Horowpothana: Officers 756; Troops 762 - Kabithigollewa: Officers 1,961; Troops 1,130 - Galgamuwa: Officers 542; Troops 59

¶ 05 Total: Officers 7,895; Troops 6,444

¶ 06 (iii) Current assignments (illustrative list; officer/troop deployment per task varies by location):

¶ 07 1. Commanding Officer/Second-in-Command duties 2. Sub-headquarters/sector/administrative duties 3. Police station duties 4. Armoury and munitions store protection 5. Protection of religious places 6. Internal revenue-generating projects of the Force 7. Protection of archaeological sites 8. Carpentry/garment workshop duties 9. Preschool teaching duties 10. School teacher duties 11. General security duties 12. Sports complex duties 13. Life-saving duties 14. Beautification/clean-up duties 15. Narcotics prevention duties 16. Construction and other labour duties 17. Water purification plant maintenance 18. Security for revenue-earning institutions 19. Duties with Department of Wildlife Conservation 20. Cover duties

¶ 08 (Deployment by task and location has been provided in Annex 018.)

¶ 09 (iv) As per Annex 018, detailed tables show numbers assigned to each task by each headquarters.

¶ 10 (b) (i) Yes. They undertake farms and enterprises.

¶ 11 (ii) Names of farms/enterprises (by sub-sector), including among others: - Sigiriwatta Lime (Citrus) Project - Maradammaduwa Guava (under-planting) Project - Miminna Wewa Project - Katu-Anoda (Soursop) Project - Lime Project - School Garden Coconut (Gamunu) Project - Banana (Sarusara) Project - Periyakulama Guava Project - Periyakulama New Guava Project - Coconut Projects (separate plots) - New Coconut Project - 2 - Banana Project - Periyakulama: Coconut Projects 1 and 3, New Coconut Project - 2 - Chillies (various sites including Kumbugollewa, Arippu, Thammennawa, Medawachchiya, Puranhalmillawewa, Pul Eliya)

¶ 12 (iii) Extents, locations and assigned officers/troops for items (i), (iii) and (iv) are provided in Annex 028, Table 01.

¶ 13 (iv) Income and expenditure for 2024 and 2025 are provided in Annex 028, including: - Perennial crops: guava, lime, coconut – acreages, manpower, 2024/2025 income/expenditure - Annual crops: banana projects – 2024 income Rs. 28,080.00; expenditure Rs. 148,760.00; 2025 income Rs. 25,050.00; expenditure Rs. 59,800.00 (by project) - Non-agricultural projects (e.g., brick, organic fertilizer): manpower and 2024/2025 income/expenditure (e.g., totals shown Rs. 107,055.00 expenditure and Rs. 459,880.50 income in 2024; Rs. 168,249.50 expenditure and Rs. 303,137.50 income in 2025, etc.)

¶ 14 Additional harvest details: 1) 2023/2024 Maha season – total harvest and sales proceeds by unit (e.g., Moradammaduwa, Periyakulama, Sigiriwatta, etc.) amounting to 12,559 kg and Rs. 4,881,352.50 sales. 2) 2024 Yala season – cultivated acreage, manpower, and harvest (figures provided). 3) 2024/2025 Maha – cultivation conducted on a pilot basis; no expenditure recorded. 4) 2025 Yala – crop, acreage, manpower, expenditure and harvest (e.g., 11.75 acres, Rs. 26,700.00 expenditure; 1,929 kg harvest; with some crops pending harvesting).

¶ 15 (c) Does not arise.