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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
  2. Mafahira Mansoor enna Dhatha idhu

    10 months
  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 🙄 😒

    11 monthsLikes:1
  4. Mihiranga Pabasara Basnayaka

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

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

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

    11 months
  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.

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

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

    11 monthsLikes: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.

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

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

    11 monthsLikes:4
  12. But only the numbers on right (Affected ) people will recieve the funds right 🤔

    11 months
    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.

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

    11 monthsLikes:8
  14. Anura Kumara Dissanayake Dr Prasanna Gunasena Harini Amarasuriya

    11 monthsLikes:2
  15. This is true

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

    11 monthsLikes:2
  17. Agree

    11 months
  18. Agter

    11 months
  19. Fraud people

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

    11 months
  21. Anura Kumara Dissanayake FYI

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

    11 monthsLikes:9
  23. Puttalam - around 42% of the total population impacted. Doesn't sound right.

    11 monthsLikes:3
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