The Hon. Amirthanathan Adaikkalanathan
Amirthanathan Adaikkalanathan raised the case of 24 displaced families from Pallimunai, Mannar, whose privately owned coastal housing lands are now occupied by security forces and used as a Navy camp. He said the owners hold deeds and have filed cases to reclaim the properties, while moves are being made to acquire the lands under the Land Acquisition Act. He submitted a dossier to Hansard and urged the President, as Minister of Defence, to stop the acquisition process and return the lands to the affected families.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, thank you for allowing me to question the Hon. President and Minister of Defence.
¶ 02 In Pallimunai, Mannar, a predominantly Catholic fishing village, 24 families lived on 10-perch plots along the coast. Though privately owned, between 1984 and 1990 the National Housing Development Authority built houses there and sold them to the occupants, who hold deeds for about 2 acres and 2 perches in total. Due to the war, they were displaced in 1990. Afterwards, the area became occupied by the military and police, and now serves as a Navy camp. Attempts are underway to convert these civilian dwellings into government property via the Land Acquisition Act, despite owners filing cases to reclaim their properties. I submit a dossier for the Hansard.
¶ 03 I previously raised this with the Hon. President at a Defence Consultative Committee meeting; he assured action. I urge the Government and the President, as Minister of Defence, to halt acquisition and return these lands to the people.
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Cite as: The Hon. Amirthanathan Adaikkalanathan. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 June 2025. No. 1751430648025512. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27456