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The Hon. Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Colombo· 22 January 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Lands Released from Land Reform Commission to Dharmayathana Protection Council (Q.7/2025)

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Asked the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation for details on the release and subsequent allocation of former LRC land in the Kothalawala GN Division, Kaduwela, where a “Silk Factory” was located. He sought information on any land released to the Dharmayathana Protection Council or other parties, the number and extent of remaining plots allocated for housing, roads/reservations, and common purposes, and the basis, timing, values, survey plans, and present use of those allocations.

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¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation:

¶ 02 (a) Will he state whether parcels of land have been released to the Dharmayathana Protection Council and other parties from the LRC land in Kothalawala GN Division, Kaduwela, where a “Silk Factory” existed?

¶ 03 (b) Will he state, out of the remainder: (i) the number of plots alienated for residential purposes; (ii) the number set aside for roads/reservations; (iii) the number set aside for common purposes; and (iv) the extent of each plot in survey units?

¶ 04 (c) Will he further state: (i) the basis and time of such alienations; (ii) the value per perch then and now; (iii) whether he will present the plan demarcating those plots; and (iv) current uses of plots reserved for common purposes?

¶ 05 (d) If not, why?

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Hansard, Wednesday, 22 January 2025 ·No. 1739261035021938 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 January 2025. No. 1739261035021938. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/5675