Before spending a huge sum of money to construct and carpet roads, there should be a mechanism to provide three square means for the poor people in the country, SLPP MP Geetha Kumarasinghe said today (20).
Speaking in Parliament, she said that many people could only afford one meal per day and that they are suffering from extreme poverty.
It is the responsibility of the government to provide the people atleast three proper means per day. It is not bad to construct roads. But something should be done to eradicate hunger in the country, she pointed out.
Moreover, she said that budgetary allocation for women in the country is not enough.
“When we look at the budget, we see that only 3 per cent has been allocated for women. It should be remembered that 52 per cent of the country’s population is women,” Kumarasinghe noted.
