The Government has planned to issue legal documents to those who have occupied state lands without any formal documents.

The Extraordinary Gazette in this regard was issued by the Land Commissioner General’s Department today (10).

"In terms of the “Visions of prosperity and Splendour” policy statement, managing state lands at its optimum level to enhance investment opportunities, to promote local dairy production and to cultivate local food crops is one of the main objectives of the government. Accordingly, as an initiative to reach that goal, it has been planned to issue a legal document immediately in a transparent manner, to the persons who have develop the state land without a formal document aiming to ensure the clear title of the land to Sri Lankan citizens. There, duly identifying to persons who unauthorizedly occupy the state lands and confirming their eligibility, this program will be implemented to grant them a legal document to confirm their ownership," it said.