The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara
Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara asked the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development for historical and current data on vehicle registration in Sri Lanka, including the establishment year of the Department of Motor Traffic, the prior registering authority, the year of the first motor vehicle registration, and annual registrations up to the Department’s creation. He also requested the number of registered motor vehicles as at 31 December 2025 and asked whether the Government earns revenue from vehicle emission certificates, including the amount received in 2025.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development (1822/2026): Department of Motor Traffic: Registration of Vehicles.
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House – (i) the year the Department of Motor Traffic was established; (ii) which institution was responsible for registering motor vehicles prior to that; (iii) the year the first motor vehicle was registered in Sri Lanka; and (iv) separately, the number of vehicles registered each year from that first year until the Department was established?
¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform this House – (i) separately, the number of registered motor vehicles in Sri Lanka as at 31 December 2025; (ii) whether the Government earns annual revenue from vehicle emission certificates; and (iii) if so, the revenue for 2025?
¶ 04 (c) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Thursday, 19 March 2026 ·No. 23381 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 March 2026. No. 23381. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/30115