IN 1965 WAS A FULLY CULTIVATED LAND HERE. SAD!! NOW!!

IN THIS PLACE, OUR GOONETILLEKE SINHALESE GENERATION CULTIVATED MANY VARIETIES OF CROPS IN 1965 & BUILT THE BULLDOZER ROAD. ALTOGETHER IT WAS 440 ACRES. SINCE THEN THE YOUNG GENERATION INHERITED THESE PROPERTIES. SOME OF OUR RELATIONS STILL OWN THE PROPERTIES IN THIS AREA, UNABLE TO CULTIVATE DUE TO DROUGHT AND LACK OF PROPER IRRIGATION SYSTEM. THEY STILL OWNED THE PLACES AND THEY TRIED THEIR FORTUNE TO CULTIVATE MOST OF EVERYTHING WHICH GROWS IN THAT AREA WITH HARD-SHIP WITHOUT WATER. NOW A DAYS PEOPLE ARE LUCKY IN THAT AREA NOT FACING THE DANGEROUS FOREST ANIMALS AS WE DID IN 1960’S. WE USE TO SLEEP UP ON THE TREE HOUSES. IT IS A PRETTY ADVENTURE THOSE DAYS WE ADMIRED THE REAL BEAUTY OF THE FOREST.
I STILL REMEMBER! WE SOLD 1 KILO OF PUMPKINS FOR 2 CENTS.
WE REQUEST THE GOVERNMENT TO FACILITATE TOWARDS OUR STRUGGLE IN ORDER TO DEVELOP & PRESERVE THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM THAT COMES FROM OUR SINHALESE KINGS.
MDH.