PARLIAMENT

Hon. W. H. M. Dharmasena,— To ask the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing,— (1)

(a) Will he inform this House of the —

(i) number of villages in the Moneragala District that are faced with drinking water problems;

(ii) names of those villages;

(iii) number of community-based water projects that have been implemented in the Moneragala District so far;

(iv) number of community-based water projects, that are currently functioning successfully, out of the said projects; and

(v) ​​steps that will be taken to further implement community-based water projects in order to resolve the drinking water problem in the Moneragala District?

(b) Will he also inform this House —

(i) whether he is aware that although an office of the Urban Development Authority had been established in Moneragala, that office has now been removed;

(ii) whether he is aware that, as a result, the people of the Moneragala area are suffering  great inconveniences as they have to travel to Badulla or Kataragama to obtain the services from an office of that Authority; and

(iii) if so, whether steps will be taken to re-establish an office of the Urban Development Authority in Moneragala?

(c) If not, why?