The Hon. (Dr.) Hiniduma Sunil Senevi - Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs
The Minister stated that authorities are already intervening in the matter, working with the Department of Archaeology and relevant agencies including the Kolonna Divisional Secretariat, Land Reform Commission, Department of Survey, and Ministry of National Heritage. He said a structured inquiry would be completed swiftly and reported, with the aim of safeguarding the monument and surrounding landscape under archaeological regulations and restoring it properly to the nation.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 We are already intervening. Together with the Department of Archaeology and the institutions I mentioned — Kolonna Divisional Secretariat, Land Reform Commission, Department of Survey, and the Ministry of National Heritage — we will conclude a structured inquiry swiftly and report. Our objective is to safeguard the monument and its surrounding landscape in accordance with archaeological regulations and return it to the nation in its proper form.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Hiniduma Sunil Senevi - Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 12 November 2025. No. 23378. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17248