The Hon. K.D. Lal Kantha – Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation
The Minister responded to a multi-part question on Mahaweli projects, stating that relevant annexures had been placed in the Library and that the programme began under President J.R. Jayewardene in 1977. He said information on outstanding domestic and foreign loans must be obtained from the General Treasury, noting that Moragahakanda Hydropower Station revenue is to be used for loan repayment, and cited Rs. 1,600 per hectare as the relevant cost figure. He further stated that costs are not reimbursed, no performance or forensic audit has been conducted on the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, and therefore no audit report is available for submission.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 (a) (i) Depicted in Annex 01. (Placed in the Library.) (ii) His Excellency J.R. Jayewardene, year 1977. (iii) Depicted in Annex 02. (Placed in the Library.) (iv) Information regarding the outstanding domestic and foreign loan amounts pertaining to Mahaweli projects must be obtained from the General Treasury. Example: Loans acquired for the establishment of the Moragahakanda Project. The Additional Director General of the Department of External Resources, by letter No. ER/CN/IW/L/01 dated 22.11.2022, has informed that the revenue from the Moragahakanda Hydropower Station shall be utilized for the settlement of the loans obtained for the establishment of the said project. (v) Rs. 1,600.00 per hectare. (vi) The cost is not reimbursed and therefore, no comparison is made. (vii) No performance or forensic audit has been conducted with respect to the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka. (viii) Does not arise, as per the above answer.
¶ 02 (b) Since no performance or forensic audit has been conducted, there is no report available for submission.
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