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Hanthana land clearance | Out of scope: Forest Dept.

12 Sep 2020

By Sarah Hannan The land clearance that continues to take place around the Hanthana Range is happening on land which is beyond Forest Department limits, The Sunday Morning learnt. Responding to a query on whether the land that was recently cleared was part of the Forest Department limits, Kandy District Forest Office Divisional Forest Officer L.A.L. Dhammikatissa said that the land in question fell under the purview of the Janatha Estates Development Board and a part of it was under the Land Reform Department. Hanthana Management Committee Chairperson Tissa Karunaratne noted: “Should anyone need to clear land adjacent to the Hanthana Reserve, they are supposed to obtain the necessary permission and documentation from the committee and then submit it to the Kandy District Secretariat office.” However, no such approval or permission had been obtained before clearing the land area in question. The land adjacent to the Hanthana Reserve is an area which comes under the purview of the Janatha Estates Development Board. The Hanthana Management Committee, during a recent visit to the site, had observed that the land grabbers had gone to the extent of demarcating the piece of land by setting up fences and a section of the land had been also set on fire to clear it for supposed construction/ development work. Further investigations are being carried out under the instructions of the Kandy District Secretariat and other stakeholders by the area police to identify the perpetrators.

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