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Big Relief Invites Big Fraud 🇱🇰

When relief amounts are large, people will game the system. The Government must double-check the data and use a transparent verification process before giving out money.

⭕ Rushing to finish payments before the end of 2025 to meet budget requirements - while relying on inaccurate data - will lead to fraud and payments going to people who shouldn’t receive them.

Here is a clear example:
⭕ The DMC report shows 124,125 affected in Mannar, but according to census 2024 the total population of the district is only 123,674.

#SriLanka 🇱🇰

06 Dec 2025, 19:22

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  1. Could be data duplication

    10 months ago
  2. Mafahira Mansoor enna Dhatha idhu

    10 months ago
  3. Guys, don't overlook the 16 000 from jaffna. Im from north. Jaffna is like the least affected. The ditwah was Not more than an ordinary monsoon rain here. But people still claimed aid 🙄 😒

    10 months agoLikes:1
  4. Mihiranga Pabasara Basnayaka

    10 months ago
  5. Interesting Fact :- Approximately, by population , Whole southern province ≈ Gampaha district😴

    10 months ago
  6. Becouse lot of Mannar residents lives in Putlam after war ..I feel they claim both way..

    10 months ago
  7. හරි නෙ. අරූ DATA නෑ කියලා කීවෙ ඕක තමයි 😁

    10 months ago
  8. Wouldn't that be the people who got power cuts/water cuts because of the disaster. 🤔 It's also kind of an affect no.

    10 months ago
  9. Chathuranga Abeysinghe Chatura Alwis Hasitha Wijewardena Ada Derana Sinhala

    10 months ago
  10. 124125-123674=451 451 new born in a year is usual & if no Brain or anti NPP it’s unusual 🤣🤣 Siyan Saan

    10 months agoLikes:1
    1. Numbers.lk

      Mohamed Jahankeer The third column indicates the number of affected people, not the total population of that district. For example, if you look closely, Matara only has 1671 affected people.

      10 months agoLikes:7
    2. Numbers.lk can’t be the total population in a district be affected by a flood?”

      10 months ago
  11. For proper transparency and auditing as a country need to have an auditor general 😢

    10 months agoLikes:4
  12. But only the numbers on right (Affected ) people will recieve the funds right 🤔

    10 months ago
    1. Numbers.lk

      Anushka Maduranga The people mention on the right are the people who are currently in the centers. The number of affected people is ~two million. All of them will receive some form of compensation either to clean their houses, support their livelihoods, or for their children or homes.

      10 months ago
  13. Easy peasy solution here; like always, lets tax the working class even more!

    10 months agoLikes:8
  14. Anura Kumara Dissanayake Dr Prasanna Gunasena Harini Amarasuriya

    10 months agoLikes:2
  15. This is true

    10 months ago
  16. Stany Kishoker if you raise awareness will be good

    10 months agoLikes:2
  17. Agree

    10 months ago
  18. Agter

    10 months ago
  19. Fraud people

    10 months ago
  20. Citizens who try to rob the country in these difficult times cannot be human. Shame on you 😕

    10 months ago
  21. Anura Kumara Dissanayake FYI

    10 months ago
  22. කට්ටියක් තහඩුවක් කඩාගෙන ඇති දැන් දෙනවා කිව්ව් ලස්ස 10 ගන්න. 😋

    10 months agoLikes:9
  23. Puttalam - around 42% of the total population impacted. Doesn't sound right.

    10 months agoLikes:3

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