PARLIAMENT

Hon. Susantha Kumara Nawarathna,— To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation,— (1)

(a) Will he inform this House —

(i) of the number of major irrigation reservoirs existing in Sri Lanka;

(ii) whether the reservation boundaries of the reservoirs concerned have been identified;

(iii) if so, of the number of reservoirs in which reservation boundaries have been identified;

(iv) whether the reservation boundaries of the reservoirs, in which reservation boundaries have been identified, have been gazetted; and

(v) of the reservoirs whose reservation boundaries have been gazetted?

(b) Will he also inform this House —

(i) of the number of families living within the reservation boundary of the Nuwara Weva Reservoir in the Anuradhapura District;

(ii) whether a list of names of such people will be tabled;

(iii) whether permits have been granted for lands in which they live; and

(iv) if so, whether a list of people whom have been granted with a permit will be presented?

(c) If not, why?