Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney at Law,—To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House of the —
(i) total area of lands in which crops were damaged due to adverse weather that affected Sri Lanka in November 2024;
(ii) total area of lands that cultivated each crop damaged, i.e. paddy fields, maize fields, and lands cultivated with other crops etc, separately; and
(iii) estimated financial loss caused by the damage to crops?
(b) Will he also inform this House of the —
(i) total amount of compensation paid for the damaged crops ;
(ii) total amount of compensation paid for each damaged paddy field, maize cultivation and lands cultivated with other crops, separately;
(iii) total area of lands that cultivated crops for which compensation has not yet been paid; and
(iv) reasons for not paying the compensation for the lands referred to above?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2025-04-24
Asked by
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney at Law, M.P.
Ministry
Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation
Legislature
Tenth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
Damage done to agricultural lands due to extreme weather conditions occured in November 2024
Answered Date
2025-05-23
Answered by
Hon. Namal Karunaratne, M.P.
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