The Hon. Lal Premanath
Hon. Lal Premanath asked the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government for details on vehicle availability in Divisional Secretariats, including the total number of Secretariats, vehicles allocated, and the adequacy and roadworthiness of those vehicles. He sought information on how many Secretariats lack roadworthy vehicles and whether the Government has a systematic programme, timeframe, and budgetary allocations to provide or maintain vehicles needed for administrative and field duties.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question 1571/2025 to the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government: Divisional Secretariats — Vehicle Requirement.
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House: (i) the total number of Divisional Secretariats in Sri Lanka; (ii) the total number of vehicles allocated to those Secretariats; (iii) whether there are adequate and roadworthy vehicles for the duties of Divisional Secretaries at present; (iv) if not, the number of Secretariats without roadworthy vehicles; (v) whether the Government has a systematic and expeditious programme to provide new vehicles or maintain existing vehicles to efficiently carry out field services of Divisional Secretaries; (vi) whether the vehicle needs for administrative purposes have been identified; (vii) if so, whether a time frame and budgetary allocations have been set for providing them?
¶ 03 (b) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Friday, 6 February 2026 ·No. 23270 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Lal Premanath. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 February 2026. No. 23270. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4620