Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- The Sri Lanka Cement Corporation (SLCC) will formulate a scheme during a meeting on Monday (14) in order to remove illegal residents from its land I at Eluwankulama, Wanathawilluwa, SLCC's Chairman Attorney-at-law Gamini Ekanayake said.

During the meeting, that is scheduled to be held with officials representing the Central Environment Authority (CEA), Forestry Department of Sri Lanka, Siam City Cement (Lanka) Limited, Grama Niladaris, and other stakeholders, the SLCC will also draw up an action plan to limit the damage that has been already caused to nearly 100 acres in Wanathawilluwa.

The illegal deforestation in a land of over 5000 acres owned by the SLCC came into the limelight recently igniting an outcry from...