Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2016-09-13

Acquisition of Soranawatta land in Horana, to the Department of Prisons, to relocate the Welikada Prison and its supportive units

- The proposal made by Hon. D.M. Swaminathan, the Minister of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs, to vest the Soranawatta land in extent of 28 acres situated in Horana, presently possessed by the UDA, with the Department of Prisons, for the relocation of Welikada Prison, Prison Hospital, Women's Ward and Prison Quarters and the other Units of the prison and to handover the land in extent of 38.5 acres in extent belonging to the Department of Prisons where the Welikada Prison is presently situated, to the UDA for town development activities, was approved by the Cabinet.