4961/’14
Hon. Niroshan Perera,— To ask the Minister of Economic Development,—
(a) Is he aware that—
(i) arrangements have been made to utilize 14 islands located close to Kalpitiya Peninsula of the Puttlam District for tourist industry; and
(ii) the fishing communities living close to those islands that are used for tourist industry have been rendered utterly helpless as they have lost the ownership of their lands?
(b) Will he state—
(i) the measures that have been taken to protect the rights of the fishermen who have lost their lands consequent to the use of the aforesaid islands for tourist industry; and
(ii) whether satisfactory solutions have been provided to traditional fishing communities who lose their lands in the aforesaid manner?
(c) Will he also state—
(i) the names of the institutes or companies to which the aforesaid 14 islands have been given for the use of the tourist industry;
(ii) the basis on which those islands were given to those companies or institutes; and
(iii) separately, of the prices at which each of those islands were given to the companies or institutes mentioned in (c) (i) above?
(d) If not, why
Asked Date
2014-09-25
Asked by
Hon. Niroshan Perera, M.P.
Ministry
Economic Development
Legislature
Seventh Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
Fishermen loss of rights due to Tourism - Kalpitiya
Answered Date
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