Hon. Ashoka Gunasena,— To ask the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing,— (1)
(a) Will he state —
(i) the areas to which drinking water is to be supplied from the Alawwa Water Scheme in Pothuhera, Polgahawela;
(ii) of the areas which are not covered by it within the Polgahawela DS Division;
(iii) whether he is aware that over 2500 families in 13 Grama Niladhari divisions within the Polgahawela DS Division, who suffer due to an acute drinking water scarcity, are not covered by the above scheme;
(iv) the reasons for it;
(v) whether the move to provide water to the above divisions according to the original plan has been changed later; and
(vi) the reasons for it?
(b) Will he also state —
(i) the objectives for which the provisions allocated from the 2025 Budget for the above scheme are spent;
(ii) whether solutions will be given from it to the problem referred to in above (a) (iii);
(iii) whether the above scheme has been acquired to the NWSDB;
(iv) if so, the measures that will be taken to supply drinking water to the above families; and
(v) the reasons why the Weerambugedara DS Division is not covered by the above scheme?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2025-09-23
Asked by
Hon. Ashoka Gunasena, M.P.
Ministry
Urban Development, Construction and Housing
Legislature
Tenth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
Drinking water projects in Polgahawela area
Answered Date
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