The Hon. Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam
Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam questioned whether the distances cited by the Deputy Minister were measured from the start or far end of the village and suggested they appeared map-based. He asked that, if the main road remains closed for security reasons, the Vavuniya District Development Committee be instructed to include funding in the 2026 allocations to develop the alternative route so it is motorable, particularly for pregnant mothers and elderly residents.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Minister, thank you for the reply. Regarding the distances you mentioned, were they measured from the beginning of the village or the far end? They seem to be map-based. As my first supplementary: if the main road cannot be opened due to security reasons, the alternative path you cited is now usable only by bicycle or with difficulty by motorbikes. Pregnant mothers and the elderly cannot use it by three-wheeler. Will you instruct the Vavuniya District Development Committee to include in the 2026 allocations the development of that alternative route to be motorable?
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Cite as: The Hon. Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 October 2025. No. 22641. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/7862