President Maithripala Sirisena presided over a discussion yesterday (2nd June) at the Presidential Secretariat on the development activities in Mahiyangana.
The discussion was focused on the ensuring of legal right to consider Mahiyangana as a sacred place of worship. The President directed the officials to stop giving land deeds or licenses to any person within the reserved area of this sacred place.
The discussion covered the issues such as expanding of electricity system of the sacred place, road renovation and other development activities in the area.
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