The Hon. Danushka Ranganath
Hon. Danushka Ranganath asked the Minister of Environment what measures are being taken to protect natural streams and maintain legally required stream reservations, including the extent of land that should be reserved along streams. He sought clarification on enforcement against persons who have forcibly occupied stream reservations and on whether reservations have been granted as freehold lands, particularly in the Kalutara District. He further asked whether the Government will take steps to reacquire such stream reservations, and if not, the reasons for not doing so.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Environment:
¶ 02 Natural Streams and Stream Reservations: Protection
¶ 03 Will he inform this House—
¶ 04 (a) (i) the measures that have been taken to protect natural streams; (ii) the extent of land related to stream reservations that should be available alongside the natural streams; (iii) whether the law is enforced against persons who have forcibly acquired stream reservations; and (iv) if so, the measures that will be taken in that regard?
¶ 05 (b) (i) whether he is aware that stream reservations have been given as freehold lands; (ii) the extent of stream reservations in Kalutara District that have been given on freehold basis; and (iii) whether measures will be taken to reacquire the stream reservations referred to above?
¶ 06 (c) If not, why?
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Cite as: The Hon. Danushka Ranganath. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 September 2025. No. 1758876121024768. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15497