In a drive to make Sri Lanka self
sufficient on food
Govt. to take over uncultivated arable land
To encourage paddy and
vegetable farmers in the Kurunegala and Puttalam Districts of the NWP to
cultivate every inch of cultivable land available, the Department of
Agriculture and Agrarian Services have decided to take over the lands and
paddy fields that have not been put into use by the owners.Assistant
Director of Agriculture in Bingiriya J. M. Kumarasinghe told "The Island"
that the government had the power to take over any arable land that had
not been used for cultivation.
Minister of Agriculture Hemakumara Nanayakkara has instructed Officials
of the Agricultural Ministry of the Agricultural Ministry to expedite the
cultivation process in order to make the country self sufficient in food
during the next two years
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