The Hon. Chanaka Madugoda
Hon. Chanaka Madugoda raised a question to the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing regarding the acute shortage of drinking water in the Galle District. He asked what measures would be taken to address the shortage and sought clarification on the halted construction of a 50,000 cubic litre water tank at the Wakwella Water Pumping Station, including the reasons for stopping the project midway.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing:
¶ 02 (a) (i) Are you aware there is currently an acute shortage of drinking water in the Galle District?
¶ 03 (ii) What measures will be taken to address this shortage?
¶ 04 (iii) Are you aware that the previous Government commenced the construction of a water tank with a capacity of 50,000 cubic litres at the Wakwella Water Pumping Station in Galle?
¶ 05 (iv) What were the reasons for that construction being halted midway?
¶ 06 (b) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 7 October 2025 ·No. 22573 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Chanaka Madugoda. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 October 2025. No. 22573. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/9849