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Sri Lanka President orders crackdown on Eastern Province land grabs
Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on May 23, 2026 - 9:43 am Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says a Special Committee headed by a Deputy Inspector General of Police will be established to protect lands in the Eastern Province and prevent illegal land grabs carried out through the misuse of political power. The President made these remarks during the Special District Coordination Committee meeting held at the Ampara District Secretariat yesterday afternoon (May 22). He stressed that unlawful land acquisitions and unauthorised land reclamation in the Eastern Province would no longer be tolerated and instructed security forces to prevent such activities in the future. Addressing coastal erosion along the Eastern coastline, the President instructed officials to prepare a comprehensive plan aimed at protecting the coastline while also promoting tourism in the region. He said placing rocks and barriers is not a practical long-term solution and directed officials to conduct urgent scientific studies to identify a sustainable and permanent solution, including matters linked to the Oluvil Harbour and related fisheries infrastructure. President Dissanayake also highlighted the tourism potential of the Eastern coastal belt and said he had received reports of unequal treatment by public officials in relation to hotel operations in coastal areas. He instructed that such discrimination must not be allowed. The President further noted that 16 years after the end of the conflict, a proper programme to resettle displaced persons in the region has still not been implemented. He instructed officials to urgently prepare and implement a resettlement plan. Attention was also drawn to recurring floods caused by the overflow of the Gal Oya, affecting several Divisional Secretariat areas including Ampara, Sammanthurai, Karaitivu, Addalachchenai, Kalmunai, Akkaraipattu, Irakkamam, Damana and Ninthavur. The President directed officials to carry out an urgent study to identify a permanent solution and confirmed that initial funding would be allocated. Discussions were also held on the Thirukkovil paddy storage facility, the continuation of operations at the Addalachchenai waste recycling centre, conservation of the Nuwaragala archaeological reserve and tourism development projects in Arugam Bay, Panama and areas surrounding the Maduru Oya reserve based on indigenous villages in Henanigala South, Dehiattakandiya. The meeting also focused on restarting a drinking water project i...
Special committee to be appointed to protect lands in Eastern Province ...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that a special committee, headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police, will be established to protect lands in the Eastern Province. The President highlighted that a number of issues have arisen in the region due to land grabs carried out through the misuse of political power, stressing that such practices will no longer be tolerated. He made these remarks while participating in the Special District Coordination Committee meeting held in Ampara yesterday afternoon (22) at the Ampara District Secretariat, according to the President’s Media Division (PMD). Drawing attention to coastal erosion affecting the Eastern coastline, the President instructed officials to develop a comprehensive plan to both protect the coastline and promote tourism in the region. He further noted that placing rocks and barriers is not a practical long-term solution to coastal erosion and directed that urgent scientific studies be conducted to identify a sustainable and permanent solution, including consideration of the Oluvil Harbour and associated fisheries infrastructure. Highlighting the tourism potential of the Eastern coastal belt, the President also stated that he had received reports of unequal treatment by public officials in the management of hotel operations in coastal areas and firmly instructed that such discrimination must not be allowed. The President drew special attention to unauthorised land reclamation taking place in the Eastern Province and instructed the security forces to ensure that such activities are not permitted in the future, the PMD said. Noting that 16 years have passed since the end of the conflict without a structured programme to resettle displaced persons in the region, the President instructed that urgent attention be given to developing and implementing a resettlement plan. President Dissanayake further drew attention to the recurring flooding caused by the overflow of the Gal Oya, which affects several Divisional Secretariat areas including Ampara, Sammanthurai, Karaitivu, Addalachchenai, Kalmunai, Akkaraipattu, Irakkamam, Damana and Ninthavur. He directed officials to conduct an urgent study to identify a permanent solution and confirmed that initial funding would be allocated for this purpose. Discussions were also held regarding the current status of the Thirukkovil paddy storage facility and the continuation of operations at the Addalachchenai waste recycling centre. Discussions were als...
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