President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed all District Secretaries to promptly submit a complete report on state lands that aren’t getting used for any particular objective.
A big extent of such lands comes beneath the purview of the Land Reform Fee and the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, whereas related lands are additionally held by different authorities establishments.
The President has additional directed that each one such lands be recognized and introduced in a single consolidated report, excluding lands beneath the Division of Wildlife Conservation and the Forest Division, Mahaweli reserves, and different lands protected beneath present legal guidelines.
Full accountability for making ready the report has been assigned to the District Secretaries, who’ve additionally been instructed to acquire the related data from district-level heads of different state establishments.
In step with these directions, the method has already commenced in a number of districts.
