{"id":112786,"date":"2021-03-18T17:21:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T00:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=112786"},"modified":"2021-03-18T17:21:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T00:21:04","slug":"probe-into-land-deed-of-disputed-property-at-sinharaja-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/03\/18\/probe-into-land-deed-of-disputed-property-at-sinharaja-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Probe into land deed of disputed property at Sinharaja Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Minister of Environment Mahinda Amaraweera says a full investigation is being carried out into the accuracy of the land deeds of the property in Sinharaja Forest, where plans for the construction of a hotel are underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His remarks came as concerns were raised over environmental destruction taking place at 7-acre land at the Sinharaja Forest Reserve for the said construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister pointed out that the Central Environment Authority or Ratnapura District Secretariat has not granted permission to clear the trees at the said plot of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Divisional Secretary and Grama Niladhari should be held accountable for not performing their duties properly and allowing it to happen, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the government\u2019s stance on the matter is to take over the said land at Sinharaja Forest Reserve as soon as possible, Minister Amaraweera remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government is also looking into taking over a 1,500-acre land in the same area and a final decision on the matter will be taken during the coming week, he said further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Environment Mahinda Amaraweera says a full investigation is being carried out into the accuracy of the land deeds of the property in Sinharaja Forest, where plans for the construction of a hotel are underway. His remarks came as concerns were raised over environmental destruction taking place at 7-acre land at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}