Secretary Jayasundara lands on the fence on industrial land
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The Secretary also stated that, according to international concepts, generally 3% of a country’s land area should be allocated for industries, whereas in Sri Lanka this figure stands at only 0.01%
Parliament Website | September 2, 2025
Posted on: 29 October, 2025
Partly True
Gotabaya Rajapaksa overstates land released under MR government
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We are the people who released 90% of the land
Inaugural Press Conference | October 16, 2019
Posted on: 31 October, 2019
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Minister of Foreign Affairs: Gets number right but percentage wrong on release of state-owned land
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Of the 71,172.56 acres of state-owned land occupied by the security forces, 63,257.48 acres were released
Divaina | March 22, 2019
Posted on: 14 June, 2019
Partly True