Sri Lanka, May 4 -- President Ranil Wickremesinghe hailed the government's decision to grant free land rights to the people as a ground-breaking step, emphasizing that no other nation has undertaken such a massive initiative to date.

The President made these remarks while participating in the inaugural event for distributing freehold land deeds to Mahaweli settlers as part of the "Urumaya" program at Polonnaruwa Royal Central College this morning (04).

Emphasizing the principle that as one section of the population benefits from the country's economy, another should not be left to suffer, the President underscored that the revolutionary initiative of granting free land titles was launched to uplift low-income individuals.

He urged the ...