The Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe
Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe said the allocation of unused Kantale Sugar Factory lands followed a presidential policy decision to provide such lands to farmers, including regularizing some previously unauthorized cultivation. He stated that applications were called through the Divisional Secretariat, land was surveyed, and allocations were made on an annual rental basis, with about 1,300 farmers having received land so far and further applications pending.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Madam Presiding Member, Hon. Imran Maharoof of the Opposition raised how lands of the Kantale Sugar Factory were given to farmers. In fact, our Hon. President took a policy decision to give unused sugar factory lands to farmers. Some had engaged in unauthorized cultivation; later this was regularized. Applications were called through the Divisional Secretariat; after surveying, lands were given on an annual rental basis to farmers who applied. According to records, lands have been given to about 1,300 farmers so far, and more are awaiting. We are proceeding to allocate fairly as per applications.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 12 March 2025. No. 1744106534050382. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/9541