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
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Answered Date
2025-06-19
Answered by
Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe, M.P.
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