808/’16
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake,— To ask the Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife,—
(a) Will he accept that —
(i) the Irudeniyaya colony in Polpithigama, where over one thousand five hundred families live at present, commenced settlement in the 1970s under the government’s cultivation drive; and
(ii) the settlers have faced with many difficulties as they do not have legal title to the lands they possess?
(b) Will he inform this House—
(i) in which year the title of lands was vested in the Wild Life Conservation Department in respect of this settlement, in which all the infrastructure including permanent houses, roads, schools, cooperative shops, community centres, electricity and societies are present and all the government’s administrative activities are carried out;
(ii) why steps are not taken to release these lands in a backdrop where even clashes occur between officers of the Wild Life Conservation Department and the settlers due to the difficulties referred to above;
(iii) what resolution / decision was given to this problem, which was presented before the Consultative Committee on Wild Life of the Sixth Parliament by former Member of Parliament Mr. Namal Karunarathna; and
(iv) whether steps will be taken to release these lands according to such resolution/decision?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2017-06-21
Asked by
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake, M.P.
Ministry
Sustainable Development and Wildlife
Legislature
Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
Lands taken over by Dept of Wildlife - Irudeniyaya Colony, Polpithigama
Answered Date
2017-06-21
Answered by
Hon. Gamini Jayawickrama Perera, M.P.
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