Land from the Prime Minister to all those who do not have land

The Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is taking steps to legally transfer the ownership of lands and houses to millions of people who do not have deeds for the ownership of lands and houses.

The program to provide land ownership to landless families under the 'Land for All' program was launched at the Prime Minister's Office.

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

The Minister of Tourism and Lands, Harin Fernando stated at the inauguration of the program 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.

The Minister further stated that arrangements have been made to issue between 1000 and 3000 deeds to the land owners every week under this program which was prepared with the objective of giving those who have lost their land in their native land a legal right to land.

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