A Defence Ministry land used for private reasons

Tuesday, 08 May 2012

A 41.23 perch land in Dambulla owned by the Urban Development and Defence Ministry has been given to a person from Kolonnawa to put up a rest house. The land has been allocated to the person through the Cabinet paper number MD/UD/01/75 presented to the Cabinet of Ministers on March 24th under President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s signature.

The land was given to the Milco Company in 2009. The land was allocated to Milco on August 2nd, 2009 through the Cabinet memorandum numbered 09/1383/320/062. The Cabinet memorandum states that the land in Dambulla be given to the respective person in exchange of the Nawalapitiya Resthouse near the Nawalapitiya court complex.