The Hon. Sanjeewa Ranasingha - Question to the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation
Hon. Sanjeewa Ranasingha asked the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation for detailed information on Land Reform Commission lands in the Kalutara District, broken down by Divisional Secretary’s Division. He sought data on the extent of LRC lands, allocations under leasehold, direct public allocation, freehold and permits, abandoned lands previously allocated, and lands illegally encroached upon. He also asked whether permit lands could be converted to freehold deeds and whether abandoned lands could be reacquired and redistributed to the landless.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 LRC Lands in Kalutara District: Details (1664/2025)
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House - (i) the extent of land belonging to the Land Reform Commission, separately, in each Divisional Secretary’s Division in the Kalutara District; (ii) separately, for each Divisional Secretary’s Division, the extent of land provided under leasehold, direct public allocation, freehold and the extent of land provided to public under land permits; (iii) is there a possibility of providing freehold deeds for the lands under permits; (iv) separately, for each Divisional Secretary’s Division, the extent of abandoned lands, out of the lands previously provided to the public; (v) whether such lands can be re-acquired and provided to the landless; and (vi) separately, for each Divisional Secretary’s Division, the extent of LRC lands illegally encroached by individuals or institutions?
¶ 03 (b) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 18 February 2026 ·No. 23308 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sanjeewa Ranasingha - Question to the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 February 2026. No. 23308. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/20240