{"id":55478,"date":"2016-06-11T22:12:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T04:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=55478"},"modified":"2016-06-11T14:55:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T21:55:29","slug":"tense-situation-in-barnes-place-colombo-07-news-item-again-high-handed-act-by-authorities-%e0%b6%b8%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%9c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/06\/11\/tense-situation-in-barnes-place-colombo-07-news-item-again-high-handed-act-by-authorities-%e0%b6%b8%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%9c\/","title":{"rendered":"Tense Situation in Barnes Place Colombo 07 \u2026\u2026\u2026news item  Again high handed act by authorities ???\u0db8\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca\u0d9c\u0dda \u0dc3\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dd4 \u0dc0\u0dd1\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9a\u0db4\u0dca\u0db4\u0db8\u0dca \u0dc4\u0dd9\u0dbd\u0dd2 \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0dca.. \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0dc5\u0db9 \u0dc4\u0dad\u0dda \u0db6\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db1 \u0d85\u0da7\u0d9a \u0d89\u0da9\u0db8\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0dbd\u0dca\u0dbd \u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0dcf.."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>A Neighbour<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I write this snippet to clarify a newS item appeared today in Daily\u00a0 Mirror today where it says that Colombo Municipal Council has taken arbitrary action to demolish 25 houses ?<\/p>\n<p>This land in extent of 2 acres does not have a single house today .There were over 30 unauthorized families living in this land for many years and the real owners have sold it to a business man from Kandy with agreement that the squatters should be removed by the new owner .<\/p>\n<p>New owner was negotiating with the squatters and due to the amount of compensation to be paid the agreement was never reached.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The tense situation in the Barnes Place land\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T6WugyDAI2k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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