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 Date: 2014-06-19   Answered 

4508/ 2014 - Question Asked By Hon. Abdul Haleem, M.P.

    1. 4508/’13

      Hon.   Abdul Haleem,— To ask the Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management,—

      (a) Is he aware that —

      (i) the Akurana town was submerged by rainwater at different occasions during the last fifteen years;

      (ii) a massive damage has been caused to places of business and residents owing to the town being submerged;

      (iii) the Kandy-Jaffna main road (A-9) could not be used when the Akurana town was under water;

      (iv) portions of buildings erected by blocking the stream that flows through the town, were removed on the instructions of the officials when the Akurana town was submerged in 1997;

      (v) silt in that stream was dredged twice at a cost of Rs. 5 million contributed by the Akurana Grand Mosque and the residents of the area;

      (vi) all timber mills located close to the stream were removed; and

      (vii) however, Akurana town was submerged once again by the rain that fell on the 31st October 2013?

      (b) Will he state whether steps will be taken to device a permanent solution to the problem of Akurana town submerging upon a study by the line ministry with the involvement of the other ministries?

      (c) If not, why?

       

Asked Date

2014-06-19

Asked by

Abdul Haleem

Ministry

Irrigation & Water Resources Management

Legislature

Seventh Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka

Session

1

Question History

Answer

Akurana Town - flooding

Answered Date

2014-06-19

Answered by

Nimal Siripala de Silva, Attorney at Law





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