Extraordinary urgency in Sri Lanka when granting land ownership to encroachers

(March 09, 2010) As the elections are underway, the government of Sri Lanka has decided to grant land ownership to 5000 encroaching families.

The Chairman of the Land Reform Commission Nimal Puchihewa says that this action of granting land ownership will be completed before the end of this month.

There are many unscrupulous elements that have encroached state land with political backing among the persons that have done so due to poverty. The government's move can be to benefit those unscrupulous persons and the Movement of National Land and Agricultural Reforms (MONLAR) ask the public to be vigilant about the government's moves.

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