Bail to Thambuttegama Protesters

Fifty-one persons were arrested and remanded for causing damages to public property and unruly behaviour during protest in Thambuttegama.

When the case was taken up  today , they have been granted bail by the Thambuttegama Magistrate’s Court today (5).  The case was postponed until April 02.

The protesters including the President of the Rajanganaya Joint Farmers’ Association were arrested and remanded until today by the court.

A large number of villagers including farmers gathered at the Thambuttegama town on Feb. 28 and staged a protest blocking Kurunegala-Anuradhapura road at Police Junction.

The angry mobs pelted stones at the Thambuttegama Police Station and also stormed the premises after they were instructed to clear the road for traffic.

The protest was launched against the alleged granting of permission to a Chinese bottled water company to utilize the Rajanganaya Wewa, which is supplying water to 17,000 acres of cultivation.

However, the water board has denied that the project was for a bottled water company and clarified that the project was initiated to supply clean drinking water to residents of the area, which has seen the raid spread of chronic kidney disease.