The Hon. Thilina Samarakoon
Hon. Thilina Samarakoon raised a supplementary question regarding reports that documents are being prepared to grant long-term leases over 170–200 acres in two Divisional Secretariat Divisions near tanks and sensitive elephant habitats. He asked whether the Government is prepared to proceed with such leases, highlighting concerns about land use in environmentally sensitive areas.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, I thank the Hon. Deputy Minister for the answer. I have two supplementaries.
¶ 02 First, political leaders and officials have prepared documents at the divisional level to grant long-term leases over about 170–200 acres within two DS Divisions in areas near tanks and sensitive elephant habitats; these files are being processed. Are you prepared to grant such long-term leases?
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Cite as: The Hon. Thilina Samarakoon. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 September 2025. No. 1757672711095734. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/9670