The Hon. Dammika Patabendi - Minister of Environment
The Minister stated that the human-elephant conflict had been worsened by successive governments over many years and said the current Government aims to protect both elephants and human lives through scientific short- and long-term measures. He noted that, although the Government had been in office for only about two months, it was conducting a detailed study to provide sustainable solutions while implementing immediate interventions in affected areas.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 This problem was aggravated by the Governments you represented as well. For 76 years, those who governed worsened it. Our task is to avoid those errors and protect both elephants and human lives. We are seeking scientific, short-term and long-term solutions. This Government has been in office for about two months; we are conducting a thorough study and will soon provide sustainable solutions. Meanwhile, we are intervening with immediate measures in affected areas.
¶ 02 SriLankan Airlines: Profit / Loss Incurred from 2015
Provenance
- Source
- Hansard, Wednesday, 22 January 2025 ·No. 1739261035021938 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
- Page · column
- not yet extracted — page/column anchors are not in the current dataset; the source PDF is the citable location.
- Permalink
/lk/speeches/5626
Cite as: The Hon. Dammika Patabendi - Minister of Environment. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 January 2025. No. 1739261035021938. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/5626