Hon. Chandana Thennakoon,— To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation,— (1)
(a) Will he state —
(i) whether he is aware that a 76-acre land belonging to the Land Reform Commission in No. 472 Pothuwila Grama Niladhari Division of Ganewatta Divisional Secretariat Division in Kurunegala, was acquired in 1999 for a pilot project of the Ministry of Agriculture;
(ii) of the compensation, interest and the total amount paid to the Commission for aforesaid purpose, separately;
(iii) of the name of the person who made the request to acquire the land;
(iv) of the name of the person to whom the possession was handed over after the acquisition of the land;
(v) of the name of the said agricultural production pilot project concerned; and
(vi) whether he is aware that the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka has borne a large amount of capital expenditure to develop the infrastructure facilities of the project?
(b) Will he also state —
(i) whether he is aware that the acquired land has been given to the ‘Hiriyala Farmers Company Ltd’ on a part-time lease basis for 30 years by the Department of the Commissioner General of Lands;
(ii) of the annual lease amount payable by aforesaid company;
(iii) of the name of the chairman of aforesaid company;
(iv) whether he accepts that public money/property has been misused there; and
(v) of the steps that will be taken in this regard?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2025-06-19
Asked by
Hon. Chandana Thennakoon, M.P.
Ministry
Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation
Legislature
Tenth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
First Session
The answer is given in sinhala language.
Answered Date
2025-06-19
Answered by
Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe, M.P.
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