The Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake
Asked the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation for detailed data on Sri Lanka’s reservoirs, large tanks and small tanks, including district-level figures for Kurunegala and annual restoration numbers over the past ten years. He also sought information on the restoration projects used, with specific questions on the SARP irrigation project, including its implementation in Kurunegala, funding sources and allocations, works carried out on tanks, and whether the project is ongoing.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House – (i) the number of reservoirs, large-scale tanks, and small-scale tanks in Sri Lanka, separately; (ii) the number of such tanks and reservoirs in the Kurunegala District, separately; (iii) the number of tanks and reservoirs that have been restored, out of them, in each year during the last ten (10) years, separately; and (iv) the projects that were implemented to restore the said tanks?
¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform this House – (i) whether an irrigation project known as “SARP” is underway in Sri Lanka; (ii) the number of irrigation projects that have been restored under the above project; (iii) whether the “SARP” project was implemented in the Kurunegala District; (iv) the manner in which provisions were obtained for the said project; (v) the total amount of provisions obtained accordingly; (vi) the allocation made for the Kurunegala District, out of them; (vii) the parts of a tank that have been restored under the project concerned; and (viii) whether the project is currently underway?
¶ 04 (c) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 23 July 2025 ·No. 1754386160089643 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 July 2025. No. 1754386160089643. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4028