Unauthorized settlers occupy half of Kandy hospital land

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Colombo, August 31 (Daily Mirror) - Nearly half of the land belonging to the Kandy National Hospital has been encroached upon by unauthorized settlers, posing a serious obstacle to the hospital’s development, Director Dr. Iresha Fernando revealed.

Out of the 58 acres allocated to the hospital, 28 acres are currently occupied, with houses, shops, and other unauthorized structures continuing to be built. Dr. Fernando warned that the encroachment is severely hampering the hospital’s ability to expand its services.

The Kandy National Hospital, the country’s second-largest national hospital and a major teaching institution, operates 80 wards, 11 intensive care units, and several other specialized treatment units.

Thousands of patients from across the island arrive daily for medical care.

Dr. Fernando emphasized that the hospital has significant potential for further development to meet the growing demand. However, unauthorized occupation of its land has prevented much-needed expansion, creating long-term challenges for healthcare delivery.

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Curious Sunday, 31 August 2025 02:33 PM

What is the local councillor and government doing about this?

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Lion Sunday, 31 August 2025 02:48 PM

All these had happened with the political patronage since politicians who control Kandy want their votes . This government should evict them even giving land in some other places.

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Dr. Dee esquire Sunday, 31 August 2025 02:55 PM

From pavement hawkers to illegal line houses. They all should be removed. They all have other houses and assets, they just pretend to ‘poor’ and make politicians thrive. Wherever there is high land value , these rotters force themselves. Now these cases are highlighted ! Imagine in rural areas? Unauthorized settlements in farming areas make wildlife go to the edge, and they we sympathize with those rotters when they get mauled by wildlife.

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Ram P Sunday, 31 August 2025 03:19 PM

Kandy MC, CEB, Telecom etc providing services is surprising. Particularly the Kandy MC for approving building pland without a check on ownership. Give them time to vacate or prove ownership, failing within the time frame initiate action. I am remnided of Kelaniya State lands where Dr Mervyn is alleged to have sold on false deeds. Could be a similar situation in Kandy

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melville perera Sunday, 31 August 2025 04:29 PM

vote catching gimmicks by regimes of past era

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saman Sunday, 31 August 2025 05:42 PM

Serious action should be taken immediately to acquire back these land covering 28 acres. This is not a Joke. We saw it on Youtube. Yesterday, we wrote to two ministers, the JVP and the NPP. The Mayer of Kandy came out with a plan to take these land plots back, which will take about 25 years. On what we read from the COPE committee, we suspect that Kiriella's name also will be drag into this. Over to the Bribery Commission, Police and CID.

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