The Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe
M.S. Uthumalebbe tabled 2021 and 2023 Irrigation Department letters on the proposed construction of a regulator, following the Deputy Minister’s indication that funds would be allocated this year. He asked whether urgent steps would be taken to clear paddy stored from the last harvest in Paddy Marketing Board warehouses in Ampara so that the Board can purchase the current season’s harvest from local farmers.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the Hon. Deputy Minister said funding would be allocated this year. I table the copies of the 2021 and 2023 letters sent by the Irrigation Department regarding construction of the regulator. I ask my first supplementary question.
¶ 02 During the last harvest in Ampara District, a large quantity of paddy was purchased and is still stored in Paddy Marketing Board warehouses. Because of this, the Paddy Marketing Board may be unable to purchase the paddy harvested in this season from farmers in Ampara District. Therefore, can urgent measures be taken to clear the long-stored paddy from PMB warehouses in Ampara so that the paddy from this harvest can be purchased from farmers?
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- Hansard, Friday, 6 February 2026 ·No. 23270 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 February 2026. No. 23270. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4599