206/2020
Hon. Charles Nirmalanathan,— To ask the Minister of Irrigation,—
(a) Is he aware that—
(i) the Kattukkarei tank is the major irrigation reservoir that provides water required for the agricultural activities of Mannar district;
(ii) there are 162 feeder tanks under the Kattukkarei reservoir;
(iii) water is provided to the said feeder tanks through 10 major canals;
(iv) the water provided to the tanks gets wasted due to not renovating the relevant 10 irrigation canals for a substantial period of time;
(v) the crops get destroyed due to the inability of getting the water of the tank to the paddy lands;
(vi) a sum of Rupees 95,288,568.42 had been allocated on 06.06.2019 by the then government for the repair of 5 irrigation canals subsequent to the action taken by me to draw the attention of Parliament towards the repair of the above canals;
(vii) the renovation activities have been suspended as a result of the change of government which happened just before the commencement of the renovation?
(b) If so, will he inform this House of the date on which the renovation of these canals would be commenced, enabling conducting agricultural activities properly?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2020-10-08
Asked by
Hon. Charles Nirmalanathan, M.P.
Ministry
Irrigation
Legislature
Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
First Session
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Answered Date
2020-10-08
Answered by
Hon. Chamal Rajapaksa, M.P.
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