Sri Lanka, Dec. 11 -- Claiming that people in landslide prone areas have been reluctant to move out as the compensation was not sufficient, Environment Minister Dhammika Patabedi said yesterday the government was expecting that the people will now move out as a sufficient compensation package was proposed by the government.

He told the Daily Mirror that people in landslide prone areas have been given only Rs. 400,000 as compensation to build a house and another Rs. one million to purchase a land during previous governments.

He said the government has proposed a sufficient compensation package which includes Rs. 5 million to purchase a land and another Rs. 5 million to construct a house.

"With this compensation, we hope people will now ...