Hon. Imran Maharoof,—To ask the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House of the —
(i) names of the divisional secretariats in the Trincomalee District;
(ii) population and the ethnic composition of each of those divisional secretariat divisions separately; and
(iii) number of Grama Niladhari divisions belonging to each of those divisional secretariats separately?
(b) Will he also inform this House —
(i) of the number of electoral divisions in the Trincomalee District and the names of those divisions;
(ii) of the population of each of those divisions separately; and
(iii) whether he is aware that two divisional secretariats have been established in each of the electoral divisions of Mutur and Trincomalee and six divisional secretariats have been established in the Seruwila electoral division?
(c) Will he further inform this House whether —
(i) he admits that some injustice has been caused in the establishment of divisional secretariats for the areas where the majority are Tamil speaking people in the Trincomalee District; and
(ii) steps will be taken to establish separate divisional secretariats for the areas coming under the Trincomalee Town and Gravets Pradeshiya Sabha, Kinniya Pradeshiya Sabha and Thopur Sub-Divisional Secretariat Division in the future when establishing new divisional secretariat divisions?
(d) If not, why?
Asked Date
2025-12-05
Asked by
Hon. Imran Maharoof, M.P.
Ministry
Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government
Legislature
Tenth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
First Session
The answer is given in sinhala language.
Answered Date
2025-12-05
Answered by
Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna, M.P.
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