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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2018-10-16
Minimizing the damages caused to the Environmental systems due to the fragmentation of lands
- Several issues have emerged in fragmentation of lands for housing constructions; other purposes and commencing housing projects due to the non adherence of guidelines and the procedure for approval to be followed to minimize the adverse impacts caused to the environment, even though such procedures are in existence. Therefore, the proposal made by H.E. the President Maithripala Sirisena, in his capacity as the Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment, on the measures to be taken for the optimum utilization of state and private lands by minimizing the said issues, was approved by the Cabinet.