Deputy Minister of Lands and Irrigation, Dr. Susil Ranasinghe, announced that an investigation is being planned into the lands distributed under the Sri Lanka Mahaweli Authority.
He stated that the probe will focus on identifying which lands were allocated for various projects, how much land was distributed, and the current status of those lands.
Responding to an oral question raised in Parliament today by National People’s Power (NPP) MP for the Polonnaruwa District, Padmasiri Bandara, the Deputy Minister said one of the major issues in Mahaweli zones is the private distribution of large plots of land—100, 200, 300, or even 500 acres—to actors, former cricketers, and politicians.
