A protest was held in Naula town today (25) demanding that authorities take steps to end the environmental destruction inside the Opalgala Forest Reserve. A group of Opalgala villagers and environmental activists held the protest alleging that a businessman had forcibly acquired land inside the reserve.
The protest was held opposite the Department of Forest Conservation's Naula office. The protesters alleged that a businessman had forcibly acquired about 300 acres inside the forest reserve and was engaged in an environmental destruction of a massive scale. They claimed he was using the names of prominent Government politicians and was constructing building inside the reserve and roads leading up to them.
UNP Matale district MP and Laggala organizer Rohini Kumari Wijerathna was also among the protesters.
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