PARLIAMENT

Hon. Padmasiri Bandara,—To ask the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing,— (1)

(a) Will he inform this House —

(i) whether Pradeepa Halls located in Modara and Maligawatta, which belong to the National Housing Development Authority, have been leased out to political cronies for a period of 30 years;

(ii) whether valuation assessment of the said Halls had been obtained from the Government Chief Valuer before they were leased out;

(iii) if so, of the assessed value of each of those Pradeepa Halls separately; and

(iv) whether a formal procurement procedure had been adopted in leasing out the said Pradeepa Halls?

(b) Will he also inform this House —

(i) whether the 116-perch land adjacent to the Buddhist Centre in the Maththegoda Housing Complex of the National Housing Development Authority has been sold at Rs.500,000 per perch;

(ii) of the names of the persons to whom the said plots of land have been sold;

(iii) whether those lands have been sold to be used for the purpose of building houses; and

(iv) whether valuation assessments had been obtained in that regard from the Government Chief Valuer?

(c) If not, why?