The Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe
LRC lands allocated for projects but not used for the intended purpose or with unpaid lease dues can be repossessed under the relevant agreements. The Minister acknowledged that many such lands across the country are inactive and said district LRC officers have been instructed to identify these cases, prepare documentation, and take steps to repossess and reallocate the lands to suitable operational projects.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 If LRC lands given for a project are not operated for the intended purpose or lease payments are not made as per agreement, they can be repossessed by the LRC. I accept your concern. LRC lands have been given across the country for various projects, but many are not functioning as intended. Such lands should be repossessed and given to suitable, genuinely operating projects. The process has been inefficient; the LRC has been very ineffective. Therefore, we have instructed district officers of the LRC to identify such lands, and where projects are inactive or lease payments are in arrears, to prepare documentation to repossess and proceed accordingly. We will look into this.
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