7:58 AM
Ajith
(July 20, 2010) Sri Lanka Minister of Land and Land Development Janaka Bandara Thennakoon says that the government expects to amend the act of registration of land rights so as the land disputes can be resolved fast.
Participating in an interview with the state-owned Sinhala daily The Silumina newspaper recently, the Minister pointed out that mere 30% of the land of the people are clear of land disputes.
The Minister also said that a land tribunal will be set up soon to resolve the land disputes in a short period of time.
Presently, the judicial procedures basically in district courts to resolve land disputes take long times and people face severe hardship due to them.
The Minister explained that under the ‘Bim Saviya’ programme, the data on the people’s land is gathered. The work is now underway in 50 divisional secretariats and will be completed in all 320 divisional secretariats by 2015.
Participating in an interview with the state-owned Sinhala daily The Silumina newspaper recently, the Minister pointed out that mere 30% of the land of the people are clear of land disputes.
The Minister also said that a land tribunal will be set up soon to resolve the land disputes in a short period of time.
Presently, the judicial procedures basically in district courts to resolve land disputes take long times and people face severe hardship due to them.
The Minister explained that under the ‘Bim Saviya’ programme, the data on the people’s land is gathered. The work is now underway in 50 divisional secretariats and will be completed in all 320 divisional secretariats by 2015.
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