The Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna - Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure
The Minister responded to remarks about the Uma Oya project, accusing the other member of failing to assist affected constituents while he pursued Supreme Court action to obtain relief including housing grants, water supply, and crop compensation. He alleged that the member had supported the project at Provincial Council level and later sought help to stop protests, and he rejected claims about sinkholes as false. He proposed holding a separate televised debate on the issue.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 You mentioned Uma Oya. In your own electorate when people faced disaster, you did not come; we went to the Supreme Court 48 times to secure relief—housing grants, water, crop compensation. What did you do? At the Provincial Council, you supported the project. You later called me from the AGA office asking me to help stop the protest. Don’t mislead people claiming sinkholes in Uma Oya; that was false. If you wish, let’s have a separate televised debate.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 6 February 2025 ·No. 1739271735020022 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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