Over 700 acres of land in North, East returned to public: Deputy Minister

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By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana

Colombo, Oct. 23 (Daily Mirror) - Over 700 acres of land in the North and the East have been returned to the public, Deputy Minister of Defence Minister Aruna Jayasekera told Parliament today.

Responding to an oral question raised by MP Pathmanathan Sathyalingam, the Deputy Minister said a total of 672.24 acres of land have been returned to the public in the North as at January 1 2025.

He said that lands include 86.24 acres of private land and 586 acres of land that were used by the military.

Deputy Minister Jayasekara said 34.58 acres of government land have also been released in the East Province.

Referring to the issues pertaining to lands in the vicinity of the Vavuniya military airport, he said it will be resolved soon.

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Curious Thursday, 23 October 2025 05:35 PM

Does that mean all communities can buy land there or is it back to the apartheid system?

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Tharma Thursday, 23 October 2025 08:52 PM

What a silly comment, which part of the planet earth are you living on. Of course as Srilankans we should and are able to buy land where ever you want. But if the individual seller want to discriminate, we cant do much.

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Nimal Thursday, 23 October 2025 06:27 PM

Why these lands were held so long and you need to pay proper compensation to the families who were without homes for so long

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Zak Friday, 24 October 2025 02:22 AM

Long overdue. great work by NPP to return these lands to its owners

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james Friday, 24 October 2025 05:10 AM

Why release government land? is it also done in other provinces?

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R Navaratnam Friday, 24 October 2025 06:25 AM

Current administration to release all the lands without any delay to bring a closure.

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