Sri Lanka, Feb. 25 -- A special meeting was convened at the Ministry of Defence under the chairmanship of the Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), to discuss land-related issues identified by the Ranaviru Seva Authority and the Directorate of Veteran Affairs and Rehabilitation Services affecting war heroes and their family members, and to provide prompt solutions.

In recognition of the service rendered by war heroes, a programme was implemented by the government, with the intervention of the Ministry of Defence, to allocate land plots under the Land Reform Commission.

Accordingly, plots of land were granted in Meegodawatta and Palendagoda in the Homagama Divisional Secretariat Division, Yatadolawatta in the...