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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2017-02-21
Expediting the additional compensation to be paid to the land owners affected by the Moragahakanda - Kaluganga Development Project
- The Cabinet has already granted approval to make a 50% of compensation for the families affected by the Moragahakanda - Kaluganga Development Project, in addition to the assessed value of the lands acquired from them in instalments within a period of 04 years from 2016 to 2019. Having taken into consideration, the submissions made in regard to the difficulties encountered by the land owners whose lands get submerged in the reservoir, the proposal made by H.E. the President Maithripala Sirisena, in his capacity as the Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment, to settle the compensation completely within the two years from 2017 to 2018, was approved by the Cabinet.