Sri Lanka, Nov. 20 -- Attention has been drawn towards the importance of accurately surveying and swiftly completing the mapping of all land plots in Sri Lanka during a meeting of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Resource Sustainability in Parliament.

The matter was discussed when the committee met in Parliament, under the chairmanship of Member of Parliament Hector Appuhamy, to review the annual reports and annual performance reports of several State corporations, departments, commissions and boards for the years 2021, 2022, and 2023.

During the meeting, officials from the Survey Department informed the committee that, as estimated, Sri Lanka has approximately 16.5 million land plots, of which only about...