Minister of Plantation Industries Mr. Ramesh Pathirana says that it is planned to present a cabinet paper to provide land plots of 10 perches to plantation workers.
The minister has mentioned that the cabinet paper is to be presented together with the ministries of plantation industries, water supply and estate infrastructure development, and tourism & land.
Minister Ramesh Pathirana has mentioned this when the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Plantation Industries met.
The minister also said that 60,000 of the approximately 250,000 plantation worker families have been given land rights, and 5,000 hectares are needed to confirm the land rights for the rest of the families.
Mr. Ramesh Pathirana, the Minister of Plantation Industries, further states that all MPs should come together and discuss with the President, without party differences, in order to quickly bring the draft law which is prepared to take over unused land owned by private plantation companies for public purposes.
