The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam
Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam raised concerns about residents in the Batticaloa Municipal Council area, including within Urban Development Authority limits and NHDA-built housing, lacking title deeds. He asked the Minister of Fisheries to coordinate with relevant Ministers on a cross-ministerial plan to resolve these land title issues, citing an example where eight acres had been granted for a training centre linked to former DDC Co-Chair Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan while ordinary residents remained without deeds.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the Minister of Fisheries is present. There are many such issues in Batticaloa. Within the Urban Development Authority (UDA) limits as well, many in Batticaloa Municipal Council area lack title, including houses built by NHDA. There is no action. People within UDA limits also face serious problems.
¶ 02 As Minister, beyond your subject, please coordinate with other Ministers for solutions. For example, within the Batticaloa Municipal Council area, people are denied deeds while eight acres were granted title for a “training centre” led by the former District Development Committee Co-Chair Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan. Past governments’ wrongs should not be repeated. Today the DDG and PDG Chairs pay scant attention. Can you lead a cross-ministerial plan to resolve this? If not, we will have to address it in the next Government.
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Cite as: The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 March 2025. No. 1742473561091594. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/2250