(October 30, 2009) Sri Lanka Ministry of Land and Land Development has decided to suspend the issue of licenses for the persons who have illegally settled in state land after 1995.
The Minister of Land and Land Development Jeevan Kumarathunga says that the step was taken to discourage encroachment of state land by people.
Encroaching has several dimensions and the low income group people settle in state land due to poverty while the politically backed affluent persons encroach valuable state land for business purposes. Clearing state forests for cultivation also takes place in mass scale and this has also generated issues such as man-elephant conflicts.
However, the worst kind of encroachment takes place with the support of the government politicians and the affluent encroaches obtain the licenses easily and own the land for generations if not for forever.
The Minister of Land and Land Development points out that the state is now in short of prime land for development in Colombo and suburbs due to this illegal encroachments.
Friday, October 30, 2009
No licences for encrachers of state land in Sri Lanka
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