The Hon. Rohana Bandara
Rohana Bandara requested clarification on the status of accelerated land title issuance, noting that under the previous Government’s “Urumaya” programme people with existing permits such as Jayabhumi or Swarnabhumi had surrendered them in anticipation of receiving freehold deeds. He highlighted this as a significant issue in Anuradhapura and across the country, and sought information from the Deputy Minister on the matter.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Minister, we too would appreciate the opportunity to be informed on these matters.
¶ 02 Hon. Speaker, my second supplementary is this. You know that under the previous Government, under the leadership of the then President, a program to expedite issuance of title deeds was implemented. A burning issue across the country—including Anuradhapura—has been that people living on their land lack proper title. Under the “Urumaya” program, the process was accelerated. However, those selected were not people with no permits at all; rather, those with some form of permits such as Jayabhumi or Swarnabhumi. Many have now surrendered those permits in anticipation of a notarial (freehold) deed.
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