(UTV|COLOMBO) – Sri Lanka Army in line with President Maithripala Sirisena’s directives on the release of civilians lands in the North and East, hither to being used for security purpose has so far freed a total acreage of 23773.62 acres, belongings to civilians during the period between May 2009 to meet with 31 December deadline set out by the Office of the President.
A total of 23773.62 acres of private land were given back to their rightful owners during May 2009 – November 2018. Similarly, release of more private lands in the Jaffna peninsula began on an initiative taken by Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake, when he was the Jaffna Commander during January 2016 – March 2017.
Accordingly, Security Forces in the North and East have so far released a total of 23773.62 acres of private lands acres of 45980.97 Government lands in the North and East. The Army Paying the highest consideration for this purpose will continue to follow the policy of releasing private lands further.
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