‘Land for All’ programme commences at PM’s Office

• Steps will be taken to legally grant land and house ownership to people who do not have a deed to their own lands and homes
• This programme is implemented by the Ministry of Tourism and Lands and the Department of the Land  Commissioner General

By Yohan Perera   

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said steps will be taken to legally grant land and house ownership to people who do not have a deed to their own lands and homes.  

The programme to hand over land ownership to landless families under the ‘Land for All’ programme began this morning at the Prime Minister’s Office.  

This programme is implemented by the Ministry of Tourism and Lands through the Land Reforms Commission and the Department of the Land Commissioner General.  

Harin Fernando, Minister of Tourism and Lands stated that the first step in granting land ownership to all persons in the island who do not have legal title to the land will be the issuance of deeds from yesterday. .  
The Minister further stated that arrangements have been made to issue between 1,000 and 3,000 deeds to the land owners every week under this programme.  

Parallel to this programme, title deeds were issued in Puttalam and Kurunegala Divisional Secretariats today.