The residents of Dambulla - a land claimed to be of sacred value to the sinhala Buddhists - have received written notice, asking them to vacate by the end of next month, reports Colombo Page.
According a board member from Dambulla mosque, which has been targeted by Buddhist monks on several occasions, the Urban Development Authority has written to 52 houses and 23 shops, who are apparently living in land that falls under the Sacred Area Development Act.
They have been instructed to move within two weeks, and told they can move to land on Kandalama Road.
The Urban Development Authority is under the Ministry of Defence, overseen by the President’s brother Gothbaya Rajapaksa.
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