The Hon. K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera
K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera raised concern during the Committee Stage debate about crop damage caused by wild animals, noting that addressing this issue had been a Government election promise. He said an earlier programme to trap and relocate monkeys was no longer operating and questioned whether the recently announced wildlife census would provide timely relief. Referring to his experience chairing the Kegalle District Coordinating Committee from 2015 to 2019, he emphasized that Kegalle is among the districts seriously affected by the problem.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Chair, I am pleased to participate in this important Committee Stage debate. Though there are many matters to raise on Agriculture, I will manage my time and highlight one critical issue.
¶ 02 At the time this Government came to power, a key election promise was to pay serious attention to crop damage from wild animals. In the early days, there was a programme to trap monkeys and relocate them to reduce damage. But now that programme is not functioning. Recently, the Hon. Minister announced a census of crop-damaging wildlife. We cannot say whether that census will yield benefit or a quick solution to crop damage.
¶ 03 From 2015 to 2020, when I was also an MP, I chaired the Kegalle District Coordinating Committee from 2015 to 2019. Kegalle District is one of the most affected by such damage...
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