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Hon. Nalin Bandara Jayamaha,—To ask the Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms,—
(a) Will he inform this House,—
(i) whether the 370 acres land which belongs to the Land Reform Commission, situated in Punnakuda village in Eravur area in Chenkallady Divisional Secretariat Division in Batticaloa District has been kept for a long period of time without being utilized for any development activity, any construction work or as an unoccupied land;
(ii) whether this land has been identified with the knowledge of the Divisional Secretary to set up an industrial zone;
(iii) Accordingly, whether a request has been made from the Land Reform Commission to legally convey this land to the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka to establish an Industrial Zone;
(iv) whether the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka has assigned to Lanka Hydraulic Institution the task of conducting the preliminary study requires to establish an investment zone in the aforesaid land, at a cost of 38 million rupees;
(v) whether a group of persons have cut down palmyrah trees in the aforesaid land and have started to construct permanent buildings by now having erected fences without obtaining permission; and
(vi) the reason for not taking action by the relevant authorities to remove the unauthorized constructions?
(b) If not, why?
Asked Date
2017-09-21
Asked by
Hon. Nalin Bandara Jayamaha, M.P.
Ministry
Lands and Parliamentary Reforms
Legislature
Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
illegal occupancy of state land in Punnakuda, Eravur
Answered Date
2017-09-21
Answered by
Hon. GAYANTHA KARUNATHILLEKA, M.P.
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