The Hon. Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam
Asked the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development about the long-delayed opening of the Vavuniya Economic Centre, noting that it was proposed in 2015, built in 2018 at Madaguwaiththakulam at a cost of Rs. 263 million, and remains unopened seven years later. He sought details on measures to operationalize it, the timeline for opening, the basis for allocating its 52 stalls, and whether existing wholesale vegetable traders would receive them.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development:
¶ 02 (a) Is he aware that— (i) the former Ministry of Rural Economy submitted a proposal in 2015 to establish an Economic Centre in Vavuniya District; (ii) accordingly, an Economic Centre with 52 stalls was constructed in 2018 at Madaguwaiththakulam, along the Vavuniya-Kandy Main Road at a cost of Rs. 263 million; and (iii) although seven years have passed since its construction, it has not been opened to date?
¶ 03 (b) Will he inform this House— (i) the measures that will be taken in this regard; (ii) the timeline for the opening of the aforesaid Economic Centre; (iii) the basis on which the 52 stalls available there will be distributed; and (iv) whether the aforesaid stalls will be provided to the traders who are currently engaged in wholesale vegetable trading?
¶ 04 (c) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Friday, 21 November 2025 ·No. 22936 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 November 2025. No. 22936. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/6258