The Hon. Dharmapriya Dissanayake
Hon. Dharmapriya Dissanayake questioned the Government on the functioning of the Fragmentation Board, noting that although it was intended to prevent subdivision of plantation and coconut lands, it has lacked a Chairman and may have facilitated fragmentation instead. He asked whether new regulations would be introduced to strengthen prevention, whether the current requirement for Board approval for land parcels over five acres would be retained, and whether local authorities would be properly regulated in granting approvals.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Prime Minister, my first supplementary:
¶ 02 An institution was established to prevent fragmentation of coconut lands, with a Board in place since 1955 for tea and rubber and extended in 2005 to coconut. Recommendations of the Plantation Industries, the Coconut Cultivation Board and local authorities are also involved. The current issue is that the Fragmentation Board has long had no Chairman; instead of prevention, it appears to have facilitated subdivision. Local authorities also show undue enthusiasm. Will you introduce new regulations to strengthen prevention? The current threshold requires Board involvement for parcels over five acres—will that be maintained? Local authorities defer to the Board’s approval; will you ensure proper regulation?
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Cite as: The Hon. Dharmapriya Dissanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 February 2025. No. 1739175806099814. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26740