Topic
Land & Housing
1,053 speeches · 220 speakers
Party share
By the speaker's party · counts only, no scoring. "Unattributed" = speeches not resolved to an MP.
Most active on this topic
| # | Member | Speeches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe, M.P. JJB | 106 |
| 2 | Hon. Anura Karunathilaka, M.P. JJB | 43 |
| 3 | Hon. Aravinda Senarath, M.P. JJB | 39 |
| 4 | Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam, M.P. ITAK | 26 |
| 5 | Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna, M.P. JJB | 24 |
| 6 | Hon. Jeevan Thondaman, M.P. UNP | 22 |
| 7 | Hon. Bimal Rathnayake, M.P. JJB | 22 |
| 8 | Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan, M.P. ITAK | 20 |
| 9 | Hon. Mano Ganesan, M.P. SJB | 18 |
| 10 | Hon. Thurairasa Ravikaran, M.P. ITAK | 18 |
Speeches
1,053 on this topic- 5 March 2025 The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam ITAK AI summary Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam raised concerns about residents in the Batticaloa Municipal Council area, including within Urban Development Authority limits and NHDA-built housing, lacking title deeds. He asked the Minister of Fisheries to coordinate with relevant Ministers on a cross-ministerial plan to resolve these land title issues, citing an example where eight acres had been granted for a training centre linked to former DDC Co-Chair Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan while ordinary residents remained without deeds. Oral Question: Cey-Nor Housing Scheme, Batticaloa (Q.2/2025) Read →
- 5 March 2025 The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam ITAK AI summary Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam raised the long-standing issue of residents in the Cey-Nor scheme in Kaluwankeni lacking land deeds since 1982. Referring to the Government’s Budget commitment under the “Bimsaviya” initiative and the earlier “Urumaya” programme, he asked the responsible Minister to appoint a Ministry-led committee to devise a mechanism to grant titles. He urged the Government to resolve the matter even if the land is private, including by issuing state grants for the houses. Oral Question: Cey-Nor Housing Scheme, Batticaloa (Q.2/2025) Read →
- 5 March 2025 The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka - Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing JJB AI summary The Minister stated that the 8-unit Cey-Nor housing project at Kaluwankeni-2, Eravur Pattu, begun in 1982, was not implemented on land owned by or vested in the National Housing Development Authority. He explained that the project was carried out by the then Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources with Norwegian Government funds, while NHDA only provided technical advice. Consequently, NHDA has no authority to issue title deeds to the beneficiaries because the houses were built on private land. Oral Question: Cey-Nor Housing Scheme, Batticaloa (Q.2/2025) Read →
- 5 March 2025 The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam ITAK AI summary Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam asked the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing about the Cey-Nor Housing Scheme built in 1982 at Kaluwankeni-2 in the Eravur Pattu Divisional Secretary’s Division, Batticaloa. He sought confirmation that residents still lack title deeds, causing difficulties in obtaining electricity and drinking water, and asked whether steps will be taken to issue deeds and within what timeframe. Oral Question: Cey-Nor Housing Scheme, Batticaloa (Q.2/2025) Read →
- 4 March 2025 The Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe - Deputy Minister of Land and Irrigation JJB AI summary Deputy Minister Susil Ranasinghe acknowledged severe flooding in Ratnapura, primarily caused by high monsoon flows in the Kalu Ganga, and said existing mitigation and compensation measures are insufficient. He outlined Irrigation Department proposals based on a 2014 study, including dry dams at Malwala and on the Walawe Ganga, water diversion and reservoir options, and rehabilitation of the Kalu Ganga river mouth with a saltwater barrier. He stated that no allocation is available in the current Budget, as priority is being given to resolving stalled irrigation projects, but said these structural flood-control measures, estimated at about USD 250 million, could be considered in future budgets. Adjournment Motion: Flood Mitigation in Ratnapura District Read →
- 4 March 2025 The Hon. B. Ariyawansha SJB AI summary Hon. B. Ariyawansha seconded the Adjournment Motion and highlighted repeated flooding in Ratnapura District, especially along the Kalu Ganga in Ratnapura and Ayagama, calling for renewed action on the earlier Kalu Ganga reservoir proposal at Gilimale/Malwala and smaller flood-control measures such as cross canals and tanks. He requested future Budget allocations for such works and criticized the inadequacy of compensation for flood and landslide damage. He also urged action on long-delayed land, housing, and school restoration needs for landslide-affected communities in Suriyakanda, Panana, Sapugaskanda, and the closed Lankaberiya school area. Adjournment Motion: Flood Mitigation in Ratnapura District Read →
- 4 March 2025 The Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe SLMC AI summary Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe commended the Ministry’s administration but urged the Government to restore and strengthen the provincial council system by holding long-delayed elections and returning powers needed for local service delivery. He highlighted unresolved administrative, land and boundary issues in the North and East, including Kalmunai North, Koralaipattu, Trincomalee sub-divisional secretariats, and the long-promised Sainthamaruthu local authority, requesting ministerial intervention. He also asked the Ministry to enforce its circular on District Coordinating Committee meetings by limiting meeting duration, regulating attendees accompanying MPs, and preventing disruptions. Appropriation Bill 2025 — Twelfth Allotted Day — Committee Stage Read →
- 4 March 2025 The Hon. Mohamed Sali Naleem AI summary Hon. Mohamed Sali Naleem raised concerns over unresolved divisional and Grama Niladhari boundary issues in Batticaloa and the wider North and East, arguing that failures to gazette and implement past administrative recommendations have caused land, registration, service-delivery and appointment-related problems for Muslim communities. He cited the Panambalana Commission recommendations, the Koralaipattu Central, Koralaipattu South/Kiran, Oddamavadi, Eravur and related DS/GN divisions, and said land administration has remained irregular despite decades of discussion. He urged the Government, in the context of the Budget allocations for Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, and Labour, to formally demarcate and gazette these boundaries and address perceived inequities in land allocation and programmes such as “Urumaya.” Appropriation Bill 2025 — Twelfth Allotted Day — Committee Stage Read →
- 4 March 2025 The Hon. (Ms.) Krishnan Kalaichelvi JJB AI summary Hon. (Ms.) Krishnan Kalaichelvi raised concern over a fire that destroyed line-room housing in Senan Estate, Hatton, and used the Labour Ministry Committee Stage debate to highlight longstanding wage, housing, education and health issues affecting upcountry plantation workers. She argued that past governments failed to convert plantation workers from daily wage earners to salaried employees before the 1992 estate leasing arrangements, contributing to current hardship, and criticized the Opposition’s record on the issue. She cited factory closures and a decline in green leaf production, while stating that the current Government has increased allocations for upcountry communities from Rs. 10,068 million in 2023 to Rs. 16,738 million to address education, health, infrastructure and related needs. Appropriation Bill 2025 — Twelfth Allotted Day — Committee Stage Read →
- 4 March 2025 The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam ITAK AI summary Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam raised concerns about plantation workers’ wages, questioning why the Government’s Budget referred to Rs. 1,700 despite earlier trade union positions seeking over Rs. 2,100, and asked for clear action or an honest explanation to the malaiyaha community. He also referred to estate workers’ land and housing rights, citing the recent fire at Hatton Senan Estate and wider concerns about conditions in plantation areas. He asked the Government to proceed with Provincial Council elections by restoring the previous electoral system, and sought responses on the Kalmunai North Divisional Secretariat issue and the proposed bifurcation of large Divisional Secretariat divisions in Batticaloa and Ampara. Appropriation Bill 2025 — Twelfth Allotted Day — Committee Stage Read →
- 4 March 2025 The Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law SJB AI summary Hon. Rauff Hakeem raised unresolved divisional boundary and delimitation disputes in Ampara, Kalmunai and particularly Koralaipattu Central, arguing that prior committee and Cabinet decisions have not been gazetted or implemented, causing administrative confusion including overlapping Grama Niladhari appointments. He urged the Government to resolve Tamil-Muslim boundary issues through dialogue with community representatives and Ministry officials, and specifically to implement the Panampalana Committee and Delimitation Commission recommendations granting Koralaipattu Central its allocated GN divisions and land extent. He also requested completion of the unfinished cultural hall at the Ottamavadi Multipurpose Co-operative Society premises and funding to rehabilitate the flood-affected Mowgideen Abdul Kader Playground and its derelict grandstand. Appropriation Bill 2025 — Twelfth Allotted Day — Committee Stage Read →
- 4 March 2025 The Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law SJB AI summary Rauff Hakeem clarified that reported exclusions from upcoming local authority nominations were partly inaccurate, stating that restraint orders on Mannar and Dehiattakandiya related to the previous nominations framework and that his party would move to withdraw those cases to enable elections. He raised concerns over a land dispute in Muththunagar, Trincomalee, where SLPA-held land cultivated by local farmers is being considered for renewable energy investment, and urged the Government to review the matter and release appropriate portions for community use. He also addressed the Kalmunai North Divisional Secretariat issue, saying it involves boundary and jurisdictional overlaps rather than simple political obstruction, and called for a consensual administrative arrangement consistent with the 1993 Cabinet decision while accounting for demographic and service needs. Appropriation Bill 2025 — Twelfth Allotted Day — Committee Stage Read →
- 4 March 2025 The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka - Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing JJB AI summary The Minister stated that the National Equipment and Machinery Organization became inactive after staff retired under the voluntary retirement programme from 3 August 2023 and that responsibility now lies with the State Engineering Corporation following its merger. He said the Corporation is in a weak financial position, with about Rs. 10 billion in debt and monthly interest costs of Rs. 20–30 million, limiting its ability to settle old project payments. He added that the equipment is valued in the billions and that feasible next steps will be decided after a structured review. Oral Question 2: National Equipment and Machinery Organization (Q.4838/2025) Read →
- 4 March 2025 The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka - Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing JJB AI summary The Minister provided a written answer detailing the succession of line ministries responsible for urban development, construction and housing from 1992 to the present, and the Ministers in charge from 2010 onward. He stated that project details, including names, values and current status under each Minister, were tabled as an annex and placed in the Library. He further noted that four projects listed in the annex were halted midstream, while the remaining 345 had been completed through handover, termination or other decisions. Oral Question 2: National Equipment and Machinery Organization (Q.4838/2025) Read →
- 4 March 2025 The Hon. (Dr.) Hiniduma Sunil Senevi - Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs JJB AI summary The Minister described the Regidale Estate in Kahapola, a 76-acre property donated for Buddhist purposes, as abandoned and overgrown despite an inauguration plaque and only about 5 per cent progress over three years. He outlined the complex administrative history of the land among several state institutions and noted that proper title transfer has not been completed. He said a Cabinet Paper was submitted on 20 December 2024 to regularize the situation and decide the next steps, given the site’s proximity to Colombo and the lack of planned development. Oral Question 1: Shakya Kingdom replica at Kahapola (Q.481/2025) Read →
- 3 March 2025 The Hon. (Mrs.) Oshani Umanga JJB AI summary Asked whether under-utilized land within parks has been identified and whether there is a process to reallocate such land to new investors. Oral Question: Industrial Parks in Sri Lanka - Current Status (Q.5/2025) Read →
- 3 March 2025 The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka SJB AI summary Gayantha Karunathilleka drew attention to a valuable 60-acre land parcel near Elpitiya town in his electorate, stating that it had previously not appeared in Land Reform Commission records. He requested the Deputy Minister to inspect the land and, if it is not suitable for the current project, ensure it is put to productive use. Oral Question: Industrial Parks in Elpitiya (Q.2/2025) Read →
- 3 March 2025 The Hon. Chathuranga Abeysinghe - Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development JJB AI summary The Deputy Minister stated that land allocation problems in several estates stemmed from the absence of a national plan and are currently handled by estate-level committees. He said allottees who have not begun construction or submitted plans have been instructed to commence within six months or present a commencement plan, with reasonable extensions possible. If they fail to comply, plots may be repossessed under the lease’s non-use condition and reallocated to active investors. Oral Question: Industrial Parks in Elpitiya (Q.2/2025) Read →
- 3 March 2025 The Hon. Dinindu Saman AI summary Hon. Dinindu Saman asked the Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development for annual data on gem-mining permits issued from 2020 to 2024. He also requested details on licensed gem mines in the Badulla District by Divisional Secretary’s Division, including how many were properly backfilled after operations ended and the identities of those mines. Oral Question: Gem-Mining Permits (Q.1/2025) Read →
- 1 March 2025 The Hon. Thurairasa Ravikaran ITAK AI summary Welcoming the Government’s absence of racist rhetoric, Hon. Thurairasa Ravikaran called for repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act and justice for families of the disappeared, including investigations into alleged disappearances at Vattuvagal and the Kokku Thoduvaai mass grave. He urged action on PTA detainees and political prisoners, citing the case of Anandhasuthakar, and demanded the release of Tamil prisoners. He also raised concerns over post-2009 land acquisition by the Forest Department and military in Mullaitivu and other northern districts, calling for mechanisms to return cultivation, residential, and livelihood lands to civilians before supporting the Ministry’s Votes. Committee of Supply: Ministry of Justice and National Integration (Head 110, Heads 228-236, Head 326) Read →