Plantation Workers Protest Against Leasing Uncultivated Estate Lands to Private Companies

Members of the Malaiyaha civil society collective staged a protest today in front of the Ministry of Plantation Infrastructure at Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla, opposing plans to lease uncultivated estate lands to private companies.

The protesters expressed their opposition to the proposed move to lease unused lands currently managed by state plantation companies to private firms, instead of distributing them among the people.

The demonstration highlighted concerns among plantation communities over the future of uncultivated estate lands and called for the interests of local residents and plantation workers to be taken into consideration.

The protest was held outside the Sethsiripaya building, where the Ministry of Plantation Infrastructure is located.