The Hon. (Dr.) Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam
Hon. (Dr.) Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam submitted documents to Parliament concerning a survey plan identifying an area as reserved forest and questioned how large-scale destruction of that forest was being permitted. He asked whether the Forest Department and the Government were aware of or involved in the matter and requested an official clarification to Parliament, with the documents placed in the Library.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Please allow me one more minute. I submit the evidence to the House. The survey plan marks it as reserved forest. With whose permission is this large forest being destroyed? It appears to be with the cooperation of the Forest Department. Does the Government know this, or is it complicit? I request the Government to clarify to Parliament, and I place the related documents in the Library.
¶ 02 Placed in the Library.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 20 May 2026 ·No. 23618 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 May 2026. No. 23618. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19333