Order declaring the Knuckles Environmental Protection Area

Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ ¡â¨ 1,507/9 2007 °ìÈè 23 Éæ¾ø Ìß¼å 2007.07.23 No. 1,507/9 – MONDAY, JULY 23, 2007 The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Published by Authority) PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications ¡ºø �ïÊË EXTRAORDINARY 1 A L.D.B. 4/81 (ii). THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACT, NO. 47 OF 1980 Order under Section 24C and Section 24D BY virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 24C and Section 24D of the National Environmental Act, No. 47 of 1980, I, Patali Champika Ranawaka, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, do by this order, declare (a) that the area of land, the limits of which are described in Part I, Part II and Part III of Schedule I hereto shall together be and environmental protection area for the purposes of the aforesaid Act and shall be called the “Knuckles Environmental Protection Area” ; and (b) that for so long as this Order is in force:— (i) any planning scheme or project within the aforesaid Knuckles Environmental Protection Area which is in conflict with the provisions of the aforesaid Act, shall cease to operate from the date of the making hereof ; (ii) no person other than the Central Environmental Authority shall exercise any powers or discharge any functions within the limits of the aforesaid Knuckles Environmental Protection Area ; (iii) the powers and functions of the Central Environmental Authority shall in relation to the aforesaid Knuck les Environmental Protection Area, be limited to those specified in Schedule II as permitted uses to this Order and shall be exercised and discharged in accordance with the conditions specified in Schedule III hereto. For the purposes of this Order “Central Environmental Authority” means the Authority established under the National Environmental Act, No. 47 of 1980. PATALI CHAMPIKA RANAWAKA, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources. Colombo, 19th July, 2007. 2 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 SCHEDULE I LIMITS OF OHE KNUCKLES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AREA The Knuckles Environmental Protection Area consists of all that area of land described in Part I, Part II and Part III of this Schedule comprising both state lands and private lands, excluding all lands belonging to the Forest Department. PART I This part contains the Schedule of boundaries of the Knuckles Environmental Protection Area, which are situated in the Divisional Secretary’s Divisions of Minipe, Udu Dumbara, Patha Dumbara and Panwila in the Administrative District of Kandy in the Central Province, based on /map No: Maha/UDD/98/985 prepared by the Survey-General, which is bounded as follows : North : by the Knuckles Forest Reserve. East : Commencing at a point of 230m to the south of the boundary of Kandy/Matale District, proceeding about 200m towards the South East about to distance of 220m towards the South West meeting the water course and proceeding along the water course about 180m. South West and again proceeds about 35m. North West, and again about 25m South 20m along the direction towards Makul Ganga Ela and along Makul Ganga Ela proceeding to a distance of 70m. Westwards again about 70m towards South East meeting Heen Ganga. Again proceed about 270m along Heen Ganaga South Westerly continuing a distance of 280m towards North West again continuing 270m. South Westerly until Hunketamene Ela and across the Hunketamune Ela and 35m, Western 35m, South East and 90m, South West and proceeding in the direction westward to a distance of 110m and again proceed South for distance of 90m again proceeds 55m. Westwardly agin 45m, North West again proceeding 150m towards South West until you meet the water course and proceed 70m along the water course towards South West 20m towards South East till you met the water course and proceed along the water course for a distance of 60m up to the Ravana Ella proceed along the Ravana Ella to distance of 80m. Eastwards again South Westerly proceed to distance of 35m and Westwards to distance of 20m and proceed towards South East to a distance of 180m till you come across the Meegahamula water course and proceed to a distance of 270m. South East till you meet Heen Ganga and along the river to a distance of 150m South West and again North Westwardly to a distance of 65m again proceed South West to a distance of 65m and continue to proceed South East to a distance of 75m and meeting Heen Ganga proceed Southwards to a distance of 170m to GBP 14 Block 38, along the boundary of Block 38 proceeding. North West to a distance of 45m again proceed in the direction of South West to distance of 240m and again towards South East to distance of 55m proceeding again along Heen Ganga to distance of 300m and proceeding South to a distance of about 70m meeting the water course and proceeding along the watercourse to distance of 180m. South West meeting Heen Ganga proceeding along the left bank to distance of 1 km South West. Again proceeding to a distance of 100m North East and meeting the Ela and proceed along the Ela to a distance of 80m towards east up to GBP 14 Block 90 along the Eastern boundary up to 300m proceed, toward North proceeding for a distance of 100m. West up to meeting Ela and procedding along the Ela 500m. Southward/Westward and there on proceeding to distance of 170m. Eastward up to coming across “Mimure Oya” and proceeding along Mimure to distance of 700m. Westward and proceeding North West to a distance of 380m and Ela is met, and proceeding along the Ela to a distance of 70m. When the Mimure Oya is met and proceeding further to a distance of 370m. North Westwards againg through the Mimure Oya proceed 370m. North Westwards and after 35m North East and proceeding 110m. North West you come across Madugaha Ella Ela and upstream Northwards to a distance of 200m. and North Eastward proceed to a distance of 300m. and again continue to a distance of 350m. South Westwards again along 3 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 Madu Ganga Ella Ela proceed 250m Northwards and again 130m. West 200m. North West and meet Wadekaha Madittha Ela and proceed about 50m along the Ela Northwards and again 20m. East and 250m North and 140m South West, across the Ela proceed 40m. South against proceed 40m. East proceed 150m South again 30m. West and proceed South West 220m meet Lake Ella proceed Southwards along the Ela to a distance of 150m. and again 50m North West proceed again South West and proceed 200m. South East till you meet Mimure Oya and along Mimure Oya 85m. West and proceed 35m. South again proceed 170m. South East till you meet the Ela proceed 220m. South East from there proceed 80m South West and proceed again to a distance of 120m to South East and proceed 40m. North East and again proceed to a distance 180m. South East again proceed to a distance 80m South West. Proceed about 80m East, proceed again 60m. towards South East, until you come across water course and proceed across the water course to a distance of 90m. towards. the South West direction up to a distance of 130m. and again in the direction of South East till you come to a water course and across it to a distance of 80m. South West and again proceed in the direction of South East to a distance of 430m. till you come cross V.C. Road and proceed along the V.C. road to a distance to 90m. and proceed in the direction of West and proceed up to 170m proceed from the point in the direction of South West to a distance of 200m again proceed Westwards to a distance of 110m from the point 50m South and again 50m. towards South East then proceed 180m. South From that point proceed 20m. South East thereon proceed 30m. to South proceed to a distance of 100m. South East, from thence proceed to 500m to South West from this point proceed 50m. North. There onwards proceed 30m. Northwest proceed 300m. West till you meet Mala Ela and proceed 70m. South till you meet Athuru Ela (Tributary) and along the Ela proceed 80m. South West there onwards proceed to a distance of 50m. Southwest and proceed North West to a distance of 30m. proceed again 30m towards West and followed 30m. South East, and thence South West till you come across Heenganga proceed along Heenganga 350m. South west and a 200m. south upto the Ela and along the Ela proceed 50m. East and proceed South wards to a distance of 800m up to the Ela and along the Ela 1.4km south and proceed 450m. till you come to the road along the road Eastwards 50m. till you meet the Ela and along the Ela to a distance of 700m. Southwards, When proceeding 700m. South up to a point of meeting Karamba Thatiya Oya proceed 300m along Oya until you meet tributary of the Oya and along the tributary proceed 200m. South West and continue South Westwards to a distance of 100m proceed 520m. South East till you come across on Ela and across it to a distance of 130m. N/E until you meet the V.C. Road and along the road proceed to a distance of 2/7 km North Eastward till you meet a water course and across the watercourse ever the land 620m. N/E and thereon proceed 80m. East and proceed from that point towards South West to distance of 30m. from that point Northwards to a distance of 60m. Again proceed a distance 30m. To East and Northwards to a distance of 30m. up the Ela and along the Ela proceed 130m. North West again proceed Northwards to a distance of 70m. again proceed to a distance 70m. towards West and 30m. South till you meet and Ela and along the Ela proceed North West 70m. till you across the footpath and along footpath follow Westwards to a distance of 140m proceed North 50m till you meet the Ela and along the Ela proceed Westwards to a distance of 90m. and again North West to a distance of 230m till you meet another footpath and continue North Eastwards along the footpath to a distance of 600m and Eastwards to a distance of 300m. again proceed 100m. South East and on meeting and Ela proceed along the Ela North West to a distance of 320m from thence onwards proceed 90m towards North East and towards South East to a distance of 200m and again proceed North East from a distance of 150m on meeting Ela proceed along the Ela to a distance of 160m. North and proceed about 250m towards North East and from that point proceed 400m West wards and proceed North West to a distance of 600 m till you meet Na Ela and along it proceed 300m towards North West meet Heen Ganga and proceed North along Heen Ganga about 100m. till you meet the canal and along the canal towards North West proceed 200m. Proceed North East 300m. and again about 120 m towards South East and continue to 90m. towards South East and again Eastwards 90m. proceed North Wards to a distance of 160 m and continue North to about 70m proceed Westwards to a distance of 70m, till you meet Heen Ganga and along the Ganga proceed 370m. towards North east and about 90m. to South and proceed 70m East 4 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 and proceed to a distance of 150m. North till you meet and Ela and proceed along the Ela to a distance 150m. North West and as you meet the Heen Ganga proceed along the right bank of the Heen Ganga to a distance of 1 Km. North and from there proceed on the tributary of the Heen Ganga to a distance of 200 m. East and proceed again to a distance of 110m. North East till you meet and Ela and proceed along Ela to a distance of 170m. North and proceed to a distance of 250m. North till you come across and Ela proceed along Ela to a distance of 110m. East. Then proceed again to a distance of 300m. towards north and proceed again to a distance of 100m. East till you meet and Ela proceed along the Ela to a distance of 200m. South East and proceed to a distance of 110 m. towards North East. Proceed about 60m. East and proceed again 140m. towards North East till your reach Pus Ela and proceed along Pus Ela to a distance of 320m. towards North West and proceed again about 160m North East and from this point proceed to a distance of 70m. North West till you meet Nugeshaka Ara, and proceed along Nugeshaka Ara for a distance of 330m. South Eastwards and proceed about 40m. North East and again proceed at 120m. Westwards and proceed to a distance of 130m. North till you meet an Ela and proceed across the Ela, to a distance of 150m. Eastwards from thence proceed to a distance of 50m. North and proceed about 40m. North West again proceed about 90m towards North and again proceed to a distance of 80m. North West and from that point proceed to a distance of 80m. North and proceed to a distance of 80m. North Eastwards and proceed to a distance of 60m.towards North West and proceed to a distance of 40m. South West proceed about 20m. South and again proceed about 40m. North West, again proceed about 140m. towards North East again proceed about 220m. South East and again proceed 30m East wards, proceed about a distance of 240m. towards North and proceed about to a distance of 50m. towards East, proceed to a distance of 250m. North East till you meet an Ela and proceed along the Ela to a distance of 600m. South East and till you meet Pale diya nilla Ara, proceed along the Ara proceed about 100m. South East and from there proceed about 280m South, till you meet Bomaluwa Kandura, proceed 200m, South and proceed to a distance of 1.3 km South and from there proceed to a distance of 150m. South and from this point proceed to a distance of 380m. South East and proceed to a distance of 150m East till you meet and Ela and proceed along the Ela to a distance of 100m. North, From this point proceed to a distance of 500m. North East and as you come across an Ela proceed along the Ela to a distance of 150m. South East and again proceed about 200m. North and proceed about 250m. East and proceed again about 300m. South West and proceed about 220m. East till you meet an Ela and across the Ela proceed to 80m. East and from these proceed to a distance of 70m. South and proceed to a distance of 250m. North East till you meet and Ela and across the Ela proceed Southwards from 30m. and again proceed about 220m. towards Eastwards and again proceed to a distance of 260m. South East and proceed about 70m. East and again proceed to a distance 40m. South and proceed to distance of 50m. North proceed again for a distance of 100m. East, and proceed to a distance of 280m. South West and proceed to a distance of 300m. South West and proceed to a distance of 70m. North West, Proceed to a distance of 170m. South West and again proceed about 70m. South East and proceed about 120m. towards South and again proceed about 70m. North West and proceed about 200m. South West again proceed about 50m. South East thence proceed about 180. South West and as you proceed to a distance of 80m. South East till you come across Meeriya gaha Kadawaka Ela and proceed along the Ela to a distance of 30m. Proceed towards East and proceed to a distance of 170m. towards South West and thence proceed to a distance of 1Km. Southwards and proceed to a distance of 160m. East till you reach Kalatuwaketiya Oya and proceed along the Oya to a distance of 260m. North East then proceed Southwards to a distance of 90m. till you meet an Ela, proceed along Ela to a distance of 30m. Southwards till you meet an Ela and proceed across the distance of 15m. East and proceed again to a distance of 160m. South East and proceed to a distance of 45m. North East, and till you come across Ela an and proceed across an Ela to a distance of 60m. South East and from there till you meet an Ela proceed across it to a distance of 280m. North till you meet a foot path proceed along foot path to a distance of 100m. towards North West, when you proceed again for a distance of 30m. East till you come across an Ela proceed along it for a distance of 25m. South East, from thence proceed to a distance of 250m. North East and then proceed to a distance 5 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 of 70m. West till you meet an Ela proceed along the Ela, proceed again to a distance of 40m. South West and proceed again to a distance of 40m. South West and again proceed about 40m. North West proceed again to a distance of 120m. North East till you reach an Ela proceed along the Ela of a distance of 100m. North and proceed to a distance of 120m. South East and proceed for a distance of 400m. North East till you reach a road and proceed along the road to a distance of 55m. East, Proceed again to a distance of 90m. North and proceed again for a distance of 80m. East, proceed about for a distance of 100m. South East proceed about 150m. Eastwards, proceed again to a distance of 60m. North East, proceed again to a distance of 30m. South East till you reach an Ela, proceed along the Ela to a distance of 120m. North East, Proceed again to a distance of 120m. East till you meet a foot path across an Ela, proceed along the foot path for a distance of 20m. towards South East and again proceed to a distance of 50m. South West and again proceed to a distance of 50m. South proceed again to a distance of 90m. South West and again proceed to a distance of 160m. South East till you reach an Ela and proceed along the Ela to a distance of 180m. North East and proceed again to a distance of 200m. South East and proceed again to a distance of 50m. South East and proceed again to a distance of 80m. South West and proceed again to a distance of 60m. towards South West and proceed again to a distance of 300m. South East, proceed again to a distance of 100m. East and proceed again to a distance of 100m. towards South East and proceed again to a distance of 45m East. Proceed again to a distance of 400m. North and proceed about 40 towards East till you met foot path, proceed about 180m. South. Proceed 200m. Southwards and as you come across an Ela proceed along Ela to distance of 20m. West wards and about 70m. South West and again proceed about 110m. South East, and again 110m. North East and as you meet an Ela proceed along the Ela to a distance of 45m. South East and as you come across an Oya proceed along Oya to a distance of 280m. in the South West direction and again proceed 370m. to South East again proceed 120m. North East and as you come across an Ela proceed along the Ela proceed 50m. North West and proceed to a distance of 60m. South East proceed about 260m. East and proceed about 120m. North West and proceed about 100m. North East again proceed about 210m. North West proceed again 80m. Westwards, as you come across and Ela and along the Ela proceed 90m. North proceed 80m. East again proceed 50m. South East and again 205m. to East and again 80m. to North East and about 110m. South East proceed 260m. East and as you come across Andhawela Oya proceed along Andhawela Oya to a distance of 260m. South West as you come across an Ela proceed along the Ela 30m. North East and again proceed about 20m. to south East and again proceed 360m towards South West and about 150m. towards South East and again 170m. South West and again 120m. South and again proceed 30m. East Proceed 90m. South and as you come across and Ela proceed about 70m. South East and proceed North West about 60m. from that point proceed about 80m. to South West and proceed about 160m. South East proceed about 70m, North as you come across an Ela proceed along Ela about 70m. North and about 190m. South East and proceed about 300m, South and as you come across an Ela and along the Ela proceed Southwards to a distance of 70m. as you come across an Ela and across the Ela proceed about 100m. South East and about 130m. towards South West and about 120m. West and as you come across an Ela proceed along the Ela 180m. towards South West and again proceed about 150m. South West and as you come across foot path proceed 100m. towards South East and again about 100m. South West proceed again 17m. towards West you come across foot hills proceed along the foot hills for a distance of 750m. South East direction. Again proceed 110m. North East continue to proceeding to about 75m. Eastwardly and proceed again 90m. South proceed 350m. East as you come across an Ela and along the Ela proceed along the Ela proceed South Wards 200m. and proceed 310m. West, proceed 470m. South East proceed 550m to West proceed North West to a distance of 750m. and proceed 130m. Westwards and about 280m. North West and as you come across a foot path and across and Ela proceed about 300m. West as you come acroos the Ela across the Ela North West proceed 450m. As you come across the Ela in close proximity to the Ela proceed Westwardly to a distance of 7m. Proceed again 160m. North West and again proceed 90m. Westward, as you come across an Ela and across the Ela proceed 40m. South West. Again proceed about 6 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 60m. South Eat proceed Southwards about 150m. As you come across the Ela for distance of 90m. West, Proceed again 130m. South and about 90m. South West till you come across an Ela, proceed 270m, along the Ela North West continue and proceed 200m. North West till you meet a water course and along the water course proceed North East till you come across an Ela, across the Ela and proceed North for a distance of 130m. proceed 550m. West proceed again 200m. South and proceed about 125m. South West till you meet an Ela and along it proceed 70m. North and proceed 560m. North West till you come across a road and proceed along it toward South West 1.4 Km proceed again 700m. North West and again proceed 200m. South West and again proceed 30m. South East and proceed again 130m. North East, proceed again to a distance of 450m. South and from this point proceed 70m. North West, proceed again 80m. South, again proceed 80m. West and proceed 110m. South proceed another 60m. East till you meet a road, proceed Southwards along the road to a distance of 1.1Km till you meet an Ela proceed across the Ela 80m. North West proceed again a distance of 180m. South West and again proceed 310m. towards South till you meet Dehigol Oya along Dehigol Oya proceed to a distance of 1.1Km North West. And again proceed 100m. North West, and about 450m. South West and again proceed about 600m. North and again proceed 1 Km south till you met the road to Yahangala watta proceed along Yahangalawatta road to a distance of 170m. South East and about 450m. South East and proceed again 50m. North Eest and again proceed 180m. North across the road and proceed 100m. South East till you meet an Ela and proceed along the Ela to a distance of 50m, towards South East and again proceed 170m. South East again proceed about 300m. East, and proceed again 600m. towards South West and proceed 210m. East and again proceed 900m. South and again proceed 350m. South West proceed to a distance of 100m. North and 450m. North West and again proceed 300m. South West till you meet the Amunupura Ela and along it proceed 950m. North and proceed again 200m. South West and 170m. North West and 450m. West till you meet and Ela and along it proceed 200m. North proceed again 450m. North West proceed 300m. North again proceed 450m. South West and till you meet Lulwatta Oya along Lulwatta Oya proceed 450m. North till you meet the road and along it proceed South West Ward to a distance of 1.2 Km and continues South Westwards for a distance of 600m. and proceed again 150m. East and again proceed 300m. South East and proceed 700m. South West till you meet and Ela across it and proceed 70m. towards South West and proceed about 130m. North and proceed 120m. South West continue proceed 200m. till you meet the road, and along it proceed 125m. and proceed Westward 150m. again proceed 50m. South and proceed 600m. South East proceed again 250m. North East till you meet a road and along it proceed 200m. till you meet Kobonila Oya and along it 1.5 Km towards East till you meet an Ela and along it proceed 75m. East, and from that point proceed 300m. South East and proceed about 120m. South West and proceed again 100m. East. Till you meet the Dambe Ela and along it proceed 100m. East and proceed again 130m. South West till you meet and Ela and along the Ela proceed Eastwards to a distance of 220m and from thence proceed South East to a distance of 600m. till you reach an Ela and along the Ela proceed North Eastwards to a distance of 50m proceed South Eastwards to a distance of 100 m. till you reach Karapita Oya and along the Oya proceed 300m. North East and again proceed 600m. South East till you reach and Ela and along it proceed 200m. South East, and after procedding 1.3 Km till you meet and other Ela and proceed Westwards along the Ela to a distance of 100m. and proceed South East,. 1.1Km proceed again 400m. West and again 50m till you reach Kandahena Ela and along Kandahena Ela proceed 500m. South East and from these proceed 70m. West along the Kandahena Ela and again proceed 250m. South, till you reach and Ela proceed 50m. South East till you reach the main road to Hunnasgiriya Mahiyangana. Proceed South along the road to a distance of 3.1Km up to Kiripatiiya Naiyanthumbe Village Boundary. South : Proceeding along the highway leading from Mahiyangana up to Hunnasgiriya 1.5 Km from Kalatuwawa Water way proceed South West till you meet Kiripattiya Naiyanthumbe boundary on the 2maps proceed North West up to 250m. and thence proceed North East to a distance of 350m. and when you meet and Oya proceed along the Oya proceed North East to a distance of 150m from that point proceed 300m. West 7 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 up to the Oya and proceed from that point about 80m. along the Oya to the South, and again proceed to a distance of 200m. South West and thence South till you meet Kandy Mahiyangana highway and proceed along the highway to a distance of 320m. West till you come across the Denapitiya Oya to a distance of 900m. North again proceed towards East and North for a distance of 200m. till you come across the Hunnasgiriya Lulwatta Road proceed Westwards along the road for a distance of 160m. thence proceed North West 100m. then proceed 750m. South West, and again proceed 200m South. when you meet the Hunnasgiriya Lulwatta road high way proceed South West 450m and again proceed 80m South East till you meet the Hunnasgiriya Lulwatta highway and across it, till you meet the Ela and along the Ela proceed about 60m. South East and again proceed about 400m. South West till you meet and Ela and proceeding along the Ela proceed North West about 300m. till you come across Kotte Oya, proceed along it for a distance of 650m. North till you meet the Dotalukandawatta claimed by W. Perera and other proceed along the North boundary of the Dothalukandawatta 800m. towards West until you meet the Dehigollahena claimed by R. M. Lokubanda and others proceed on the Dehigollahena, about 350m. North East till you reach Bambaragan Oya proceed Westward along the Bambaragan Oya for a distance of 250m. till you come across and Ela proceed along the Ela for a distance for 500m. South Westward, till you reach Galasehena claimed by H. M. Heenbanda and other proceed along the Northern and North Western boundaries Galassahena for a distance of 450m. towards South West, till you reach the Ethkoluwakandawatta claimed by H. B. Ekanayaka and others proceed on the Ethkoluwakandawatta for a distance of 200m. North and again proceed West ward for a distance of 200m. again proceed about 120m Southward, again proceed for a distance of 90m. South West again proceed about 170m. North Westward proceed about 100m. South Westward, again proceed about 170m. South East again proceed about 150m. South West till you reach Kalaweketiyahena claimed by H. M. Punchibanda and others, proceed till you reach the boundary of Kalawelketiyahena again proceed North Westwarda and again Westwards along the boundaries of Kalawelketiyahena for a distance of 650m. till you reach the Wetalawatta owned by the State Plantation Corporation proceed Northwards along the Wetalawatta Estate boundary for a distance of 300m. and proceed again 150m. South West till reach an Estate Road. Along the Estate Road proceed North West for 200m. till you meet the Eastern tea boundary of the Wethalawa Watta of the State Plantation Corporation and along the Eastern Tea Boundary proceed 1.3 km North till you meet Wethalawa Watta claimed by W. G. Tikiribanda and others and proceed along the Eastern Tea boundary to distance of 850m. towards North and as you proceed till you come across the Delpathana Oya Watte claimed by H. A. Jeinul Abdeen and other, and proceed 1.7km along South and Eastern Tea Boundary till you meet Delphtan Oya and across it and from there proceed along the Southern, South Eastern boundary of State owned Delpathan Oya and Mirisketiya Watta to distance of 1.8 km and till you meet the Burnside Estate and along the boundary of state from there proceed along the North and Eastern boundary of the Burnside Estate to a distance of 2.3 km till you come across the Miyamipaha Oya and across it and from there along the Eastern tea boundary of the state owned Anguruwella watte proceed 700m. North and proceed 350m. towards West till you meet the road and along the road proceed towards North for a distance of about 50m. until you come across an Ela and along the Ela proceed 50m. North East till you come across the tea boundary of the state owned Anguruwella Watta and proceed about 300m. towards North and North West and again proceed 200m. towards West. And again proceed 200m. South, and again proceed 150 West, Proceed 280m. South West, and proceed 300m. North West and again proceed 600m. North and West till you come across and estate road and along the road proceed 200m. North and also proceed 50m. East, and proceed 200m. North proceed again South for a distance of 1.2 km and proceed again South East for about 550 m. till you meet the Anguruwella Watte claimed by H. C. Mohomed Ali along Anguruwella watte Western Tea boundary proceed towards South West 1.1 km. and again proceed along the Western tea boundary of Anguruwella state owned plantation for a distance of 200 m. and proceed about 800 m. along the Patana boundary proceed North East along the boundary of state owned Burnside Plantation and again along the same boundary proceed 300 m. North East till you meet the Estate Road and along it proceed North Eastward for a distance of 150 m. and till you met the Eastern tea boundary of the same Estate and proceed 5 – G 8639 8 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 Northwards along the boundary 1.1 km. up to the estate road and along the estate road about 400 m. towards North proceed along the Eastern tea boundary of the same estate about 450 m. North, thence about 300 m. towards North East and towards South East about 250 m. and towards East for about 400 m. and then about 450 m. North and again 100 m. East and again about 220 m. South East and about 300 m. East and till you meet an Ela and proceed across it till you meet a foot path and along the foot path proceed towards North East. For a distance of 400m. again proceed about 250m. North and again proceed 60m. Eastwards, and again proceed for a distance of 650m. North West till you meet an Ela, proceed along the Ela to a distance of 1.1 km. towards Westwards till you meet the Ferndale Estate owned by the Land Reform Commission pro ceed along the boundary of Ferndale Estate to a distance of 250m. Eastwards, till you reach an Ela and proceed along the Ela for a distance of 250m. North West and again proceed for a distance of 100m. North West till you reach an Ela proceeding along the ela for a distance of 170m. North West till you reach the Rangala watta owned by the Land Reform Commission and then you proceed along the tea boundary of the Rangala Watta towards North West for a distance of 750m. proceed again about 20m. West and again proceed 550m. Southwards, proceed about 1 km. South West and proceed about 100m. North proceed again for a distance of 350m. South West and proceed again about 300m. South till you reach a Highway, proceed about 60m. South West and proceed Northwards about 40m. again proceed North West for a distance of 70m. and proceed about 170m. South West until you reach a Highway and proceed along the Highway for a distance of 250m. South West and again proceed 60m. North and again proceed about 120m. South West till you reach a road proceed along the road Westward for a distance 550m. and again proceed 70m. North West till you reach a road and proceed along the road, North Westward for a distance of 400m. till you reach an ela proceed along the ela for a distance of 250m. Northwards till you meet the Duckwari, Rangala and Kotaganga estate owned by the State Plantation Corporation proceed along the Eastern tea boundaries of the Estate for a distance of 1.1 km. North East direction proceed again in the direction Eastward for a distance of 130m. till you reach and Ela and proceed along the Ela for a distance of 180m. in the direction of North East and again proceed North East for a distance of 180m. and again proceed in the direction of East West for a distance of 240m proceed in the direction of South West for a distance 160m. again proceed for a distance of 600m. towards Westwards, and again proceed about 800m. North East direction and from these proceed along the tea boundary of the Kotaganga and Gonawala Watte owned by the State Plantation Corporation for a distance of 200m. South East and about 250m. Eastwards, till you come across an Ela and proceed along the Ela about 200m. North West and again proceed about 50m. North West till you reach a foot path proceed along the foot path for a distance of 250m, till you reach an ela proceed along the ela for a distance of 120m. South East and proceed again along the tea boundary of Kotagana and Gonawala Estates, for a distance of 70m, North East and again proceed about 130m. South East and proceed about 180m. Southwards and again proceed about 370m. Eastwards and till you meet an Ela and proceed along the ela North Westwards for a distance of 220m till you meet an Estate road proceed along the estate road for a distance of 200m. and along the tea boundary for a distance of 600m. North East till you meet an ela and proceed across the ela for a distance of 300m. North West and again proceed about 150m. West till you reach an estate road and proceed along the estate road for a distance of 150m. South West and again proceed for a distance of 50m. South West and again proceed North West direction for a distance of 500m. and proceed about 180m. West proceed again for a distance of 750. South West till you meet Gerandiella Watte owned by state Plantations Cooperation, proceed along Tea boundary of the Gerandiella Watte for a distance of 1.1 km. towards West until you reach and ela, proceed across the Ela till you meet The Thunisgala Watte owned by State Plantations Corporation and proceed along the tea boundary for a distance of 150m. North West proceed again for a distance of 150m. South West and again proceed for a distance of 70m. Westward and proceed again for a distance of 330m. North West and proceed about 80m. Westward and proceed about 60m. North West and proceed about 1km. North 9 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 East proceed a distance of 1.1 km. towards North West from this point again proceed about 80m. towards North east, and again proceed 180m, towards North West and when you meet Goparaya Watte of the State Plantation Corporation proceed along the Eastern tea boundary to distance of 1.1 km. towards North East and when you come across the Goparaya Watte, Eastern boundary to the land claimed by A. Weerasinghe proceed about 1.3 km. from thence proceed along Eastern boundary of the Kuda Goparaya Watte owned by State Plantation Corporation to a distance of 900m. till you reach an estate road, proceed along the estate road for a distance of 830m. Eastwards, till you reach an Ela proceed along the Ela for distance of 280m. Eastwards when you reach the Ketalu Oya Watte claimed by URA Jayantha and others, proceed along the Eastern boundary of Ketalu Oya Watte to distance of 830m Eastwards till you reach. Pareiyangala oya proceed along Pareiyangala oya for a distance of 80m. along the Eastern boundary and proceed again to a distance of 830m. Eastwards till you reach Pareiyangala oya and proceed along Periyangala Oya for a distance of 80m. Eastwards, till you reach & estate road proceed along the Estate road for a distance of 1.8 km. towards North East till you reach the Moragaha oya and proceed along the Moragaha oya Eastwards to a distance of 280m. and again proceed South West to a distance 1.4 km. till you meet the Pareiyangala oya and along the Pareiyangala oya to a distance of 350m. towards North West and proceed again to distance of 300m. North Eastwards till you reach an Estate road to a distance of 600m. North till you meet an Estate road and proceed along the Estate road 600m. Northwards, till you reach the Lebanon Kunckles estate owned by the State Plantations Corporation and proceed along the Eastern tea boundary of the Batagala Division, proceed North Eastwards to a distance of 450m and again proceed to a distance of 130m North and again proceed about 50m. North West and again proceed South West to a distance of about 120m. till you reach an ela and proceed across it till you come across a foot path and proceed along it to a distance of 40m. proceed 200m. North West proceed again 70m, North West and again proceed 270m. South West and till you come across Lebanon Estate, and proceed along the Tea boundary of the Lebanon Estate for a distance of 1.1 km. Westwards, till you meet the Ratnagiriya Watta claimed by Gamini Abeyakoon and others proceed North West ward along the Tea boundary of the Ratnagiriya Estate to a distance of 800m. and proceed again to a distance of 120m. South Westwards and proceed to a distance of 300m, North Westward proceed again to a distance of 530m towards South West and proceed about 140m. North West, again proceed to a distance 230m. towards North, proceed again for a distance of 140m. North West and proceed to a distance of 320m. North Eastwards till you come across the following plantations of the State Plantations Corporation. Alakola State Plantations (Ratna tenne Division) Hagala State Plantations (Kandeketiya Division) and Lebanon/Kunckels State Plantations (Liyanagala Division) proceed again along the Eastern boudary to a distance of 3 km. Northwards till you come across the Estate Road bearing to the Tattnatenne proceed along the Estate road towards North West for about 300m. and again proceed along the Eastern boundary of the same Estate to a distance of 2.3 Km. towards North again proceed to a distance of 2.6 km. towards South West towards, upper division of Watakele State Plantation owned by State Plantations Corporation and from the proceed along the Eastern boundary of the same plantation for a distance of 2.5 km. towards North and West proceed up to Katukitul Oya and along the Katukitul Oya Proceed towards North East for a distance of 650 m. from there to the Eastern Tea boundary of the land claimed by Mohamed Faraz and others known as Nellumalai Watte, proceed to a distance of 800m. North East, from there proceed to a distance of 150m. West, from there proceed about 300m. South West and from there proceed to a distance of 200m. North West, proceed 350m. South West, till you reach the Estate Road and proceed along the Estate Road, for a distance of 30m. North West and proceed along the Foot Path you come across to a distance of 400m. North East till you come across the Estate Road, and proceed along the Estate road, towards the West and North for a distance of 650m. towards North till you meet a foot path and proceed along the foot path to a distance of 90m North till you reach and Estate Road, proceed along the Estate road to a distance of 170m. North till you come across Ela, and proceed along the Ela proceed to a distance of 300m. West, thence proceed along the Ambangalla Oya for a distance of 450m. North till you meet the Kalabokke Plantations, owned by the State Plantations Corporation and proceed along the Eastern boundary proceed to a distance of 850m. towards South West. Then proceed to about 2 km. North West, till you come across an Estate Road, proceed along the Estate Road, for a 300m. Westward 10 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 and from the there proceed to a distance of 2 km. towards North West and proceed to a distance of 650m. South West till you reach an Estate Road and distance of 70m. South Westward, and from there proceed to a distance 170m. South West. There after proceed 160m. towards South East, again proceed 340m. towards Eastwards till you meet a highway proceed 330m. South West and continue to proceed 500m. South West till you meet a road proceed along it for a distance of 170m. South West, and for proceed 120m. South West till you meet a road and proceed along if for a distance of 290m. North and from there proceed 420m along the road towards South East and proceed again for a distance of 600m. Westward, till you meet an Estate Road along the road proceed about 100m. South East, till you meet a foot path, and proceed along it 150m. South East and again proceed about 800m. South East till you meet a foot path and along it proceed about 450m. South till you meet an Estate Road and proceed along with to a distance of 1.6 km. towards South East and from there proceed 2.7 km. South and proceed about 600m. to North East and proceed again to a distance of 60m. South Eastwards proceed about 120m. towards South West and about 70m, South East till you meet an Estate Road and along it proceed about 80m South West and proceed again along State Plantation Corporation owned Maussawawatta Western tea boundary to a distance of about 1.7 km. towards South East till you meet an Estate Road proceed about 180m. South and from there along the Western tea boundary of Madulkelewatta, owned by State Plantation Corporation to a distance of 400m. West, proceed about 1.2 km. South, and till you meet an Estate Road across it proceed along Western tea boundary of the Hatale Watta claimed by L. H. Anwardeen proceed along Western tea boundary to a distance of 700m. Southwards, from there proceed along Western tea boundary of Hatale Watta owned by State Plantation Corporation, to a distance of 350m towards South West and proceed from distance 540m. South East, from there South Westwards to a distance of 1.7 km. and again from there proceed to a distance of 430m. North and from there proceed about 350m. South West and from there proceed about 600m. South East and there proceed along the Western boundary of the Rakshawa Watta owned by State Plantation Corporation to a distance of 400m. towards South : West : Proceed along the North Eastern and Northern boundaries of Rakshawa Watta of the State Plantation Corporation to a distance of 1.4 km and there meeting the Estate called Nagahaullawatta claimed by K. Siththamparam Pillai proceed along the North Western boundary to a distance of 200m. till you meet the North West boundary of Nagahaullawatta claimed by P. Dayananda proceed to a distance of 300m till you meet the Pannwila Katukitula Main Road, proceed North to distance of 300m. till you meet the Katukitulawatta owned by Sarvodaya and proceed along the North Eastern and North boundary proceed along it for a distance of 650m. till you meet an ela and across it till you meet the Katukitula Colony owned by the State and proceed along the North boundary 300m. West up to Maha Oya and proceed along Maha Oya towards North West to a distance of 200m. till you meet the Galpihilla Watta owned by the State Plantation Corporation, proceed along the North boundary of the Galpihilla Watta to a distance of 2.7 km till you meet the ela and along the ela proceed South West proceed about 200m. till you meet an Estate Road, and proceed West to a distance of 40m. till you meet an ela and along the ela proceed North Western to a distance of 100m. till you meet Galpihilla Watta owned by the State Plantation Corporation and along the North Western and West boundary for a distance of 650m, till you meet an Ela and along it proceed Westward to a distance of 200m. till you again meet the Western boundary of Galpihilla Watta owned by State Plantation Corporation and proceed along the Western boundary to a distance of 700m. South till you meet the North boundary of the Galpihilla Watta claimed by D. B. Jayawickrama and others, proceed along the North boundary for a distance of 450m till you meet Eastern and North boundaries of Mangalagiriwatta claimed by Wilmet Chandrasekera proceed along the boundary for a distance of 400m. till you meet the Mangalagiriwatta, claimed by S. Gajurdeen and along the North boundary proceed about 350m till you meet the Mangalagiriwatta Northern boundary claimed by R. H. R. B. Ratnayaka proceed 100m. along it and again proceed about 150m. towards West till you meet Bitins Watta Northern bound ary claimed by B. C. Perera and proceed along Eastern boundary to a distance of 500m. till you come across Dun Oya and till you meet the Eastern boundary of Meena Watta claimed by A. Abeysinghe and 11 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 other and proceed along the Eastern boundary and proceed along a to a distance of 1.4 km till you meet Hunnasgiriya Watta owned by State Plantation Corporation, proceed Southern and Eastern boundary to a distance of 2.1 km proceed along it till you meet and Estate Road proceed North West to a distance of 500m, and proceed about 50m, towards North till you meet the Kandy - Matale District boundary. PART II This Part contains the Schedule of boundaries of the Knuckles Environment Protection Area, which are situated in the Divisional Secretary’s Divisions of Ukuwela, Rattota and Laggala - Pallegama, the Admin istrative District of Matale in the Central Province, based on Map No. Ma/Knuckles/97/39 prepared by the Survey - General, which is bounded as follows : North : Commencing from the 3500' contour proceed to a distance of 1.5 km Southwards, from that point proceed to a distance of 4 km towards North, thence proceed Southwards to a distance of 5 km till you meet and Ela and proceed along the Ela to a distance of 200m. South, and on meeting the Rattota/Pallegama Highways proceed Eastwards to a distance of 600m, from that point proceed 1.2 km Southwards and again proceed Westwards to a distance of 1.8 km till you met the Pattiela proceed along the Pattiela upstream to a distance of 0.5 km and again proceed South West to a distance of 700m. and across the Pitawela/Illukkumbura Road till you meet the Pattiela again when you proceed upstream to a distance of 400m. till you meet the 3500' contour and proceed along the contour to a distance of 2 km Southwards till you meet Rathninda Oya and proceed along the Rathninda Oya to distance of 300m East and proceed about 2.5 km Southwards and proceed along the boundary of 10th Subsidiary Maps of the Geographical Base Map No. 21 proceed about 600m. Southwards and as you meet the Theligamuwa Oya proceed along it to a distance of 600m. Northwards and proceed along the 39 boundary shown in the subsidiary map towards Southwards for a distance of 200m. and proceed along the same contour towards Northwards to a distance of 1.5 km as you come across the 39 boundary of the subsidiary map, proceed about 100m, Northwards, proceed again for a distance of 2 km. North East proceeding along the 3500' contour. Commencing from the same contour proceed to a distance of about 700m. North West, as you meet the Theligamuwa Oya proceed along it to a distance of 700m. down stream and thence proceed about 300m. East again proceed down stream along the Theligamuwa Oya to a distance of 300m. and from these proceed along the Illukkumbura/Pallegama Highway to a distance of 1.2 km. towards Pallegama and from these proceed for a distance of 2 km. Northwards, and as you come across the Theligamuwa Oya proceed along it to a distance of 1km down stream, proceed to a distance of 900m. towards East again proceed South Eastwards, to a distance of 2.5 km. you come across the Rambukolluwa/Pallegama Highway. East : Proceed to a distance of 1.2 Km along the Rambukolluwa/Pallegama Highway towards Rambukolluwa and as you proceed to a distance of 2km towards South West, you across the 3500’ contour, whilst proceeding to a distance of 2km alone the 3500 countour, owards South you meet the 21 boundary of the subsidiary map of Geographical Base Map No. 21 as you proceed along the 21 boundary of the subsid iary map, for a distance of 200m, North West and again proceed to a distance of 200m. Southwards and again proceed Southwards to a distance 2.7 km till you come across the 22 boundary of the subsidiary map. You come across an Ela proceed up stream along the Ela to a distance of 300m, and similarly as you proceed to a distance of 200m, along the boundary and whe you meet the Nugatalawa Oya proceed along the Nugatalalawa Oya to a distance of 600m and proceed 100m. West till you meet again Nugatalawa Oya proceed upsteam along the Oya for a distance of 500m, proceed along the same contour, to a distance of 1.8 k.m West, you meet the 23rd boundary of the subsidiary map-proceed along it to a distance of 300m. Southwards and from the point proceed along the 26th boundary of the subsidiary map to a distance of 600m. Southwards and when you proceed to a distance of 200m. Southwards again meets the Nugatalawa Oya proceed down stream to a distance of 660m. again proceed along the same contour, to a distance of 2.5 km, South East as you come across the Kaluganga, proceed along it Northwards to distance of 3 km 6 – G 8639 12 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 and again proceed to a distance of 1.7 km Southwards proceed along 3500’ contour - till you meet an Ela proceed along the contour and the Ela from this point, proceed along the Ela for a distance of 600m. Northwards again proceeding for a distance of 600m. Eastwards, till you meet an Ela proceed along the Ela to a distance of 200m. Eastwards, proceed along the rock boundary to a distance of 2.5 km. towards North East till you meet and Ela and proceed along the Ela for a distance of 100m. North East proceed from that point to a distance of 400m. Northwards, till you meet an Ela and proceed along the Ela down stream and proceed to a distance of 200m. and proceed to a distance of 300m. East and till you meet and Ela and proceeding along the ela to a distance of 800m. South East, proceed along the rock boundary to a distance of 4 km. Southwards and Meeting the Imaduwa / Pallegama Highway proceeding along the Highway towards Pallegama to a distance of 350m. and again proceeding from that point along the rock boundary for a distance of 2.3 km East, meeting the road, proceed to a distance of 300m. towards South till you meet the Pallegama / Narangamuwa Highway proceed along the Highway towards Pallegama for a distance of 300m and proceed across 5 Nos. of elas, towards South Westwrds to a distance of 3 km till you meet the Alakola ela Oya, proceeding along the Alakola Ela Oya for a distance of 700m. North and proceeding to a distance of 4 km towards South East you come across the 3500’ contour proceeding along the contour to distance of 400m. South till you meet the Uyangamuwa Ela proceed across it to a distance of 700m. South East and exit from the 3500’ contour and proceeding to a distance of 800m. Northwards, meeting the Narangamuwa/Mimure Road proceed across it to distance of 1.6 km. North East meeting Kalupahana/Kivulewadiya road, proceeding along the Kalupahana / Kivulewadiya road to wards Kivulewadiya for a distance of 300m. proceed Eastwards to a distance of 300m. proceed Eastwards to a distance of 150m. till you meet Kurukula Ela and proceed to a distance of 600m. North till you come across a foot path proceed along the foot path for a distance of 100m. Eastwards, proceeding for a distance of 1 km Eastwards, till you meet an Ela proceed along the Ela down stream for a distance of 100m. and proceed to a distance of 600m. East till you meet a point which is in close proximity to the Demalagala, Triangular point which is close to the Kandy / Matale District boundary which is about 2.5 km away. West : Commencing from the point from the Southern corner of the Hunnasgiriya Estate located in the 3500’ contour, which originates at a point where the Matale and Kandy District boundaries meet, proceed North along the contour, for a distance of 300m. till you meet the Hunnasgiriya tea estate owned by State Plantation Corporation proceed along the boundary to a distance of 2 km. Northwards again proceed to a distance 3.3 km. towards North along the same 3500’ contour meeting the Elkaduwa tea estate owned by the State Plantation Corporation proceed along the Southern boundary to a distance of 3.7 km. towards North meeting an Ela Proceed along the Ela upstream to a distance of 600m. meeting the Eastern bound ary for the Elkaduwa tea estate proceed Northwards to a distance of 3.8 km. proceed across the Ela and meeting the footpath, proceed along the footpath to distance of 200m. Northwards meeting the Galge tea estate owned by K. B. Ekanayake proceed along the boundary towards. North for a distance of 1 km. meeting the Pitakanda tea estate owned by State Plantation Corporation proceed along the tea estate boundary to a distance of 1 km. towards North West proceed along the same boundary for a distance of 1 km. Eastwards, till you come across the Galge tea estate owned by K. B. Ekanayake proceed along the boundary of the tea estate owned by K. B. Ekanayake to a distance of 2.5 km. towards North East till you come across the 3500’ contour, meeting the 3500’ contour and boundary of the Galge watta owned by H. M. M. Maharoof, proceed along the Galge watta boundary towards North for a distance of 1.2 km. from there proceed along the Southern boundary of the Pitakanda tea estate owned by State Plantation Corporation, along the boundary, Eastwards for a distance of 400m till you meet an Estate road & proceeding along it for distance of 1.5 km. towards North till you meet the Matale/Kebaragala Highway & proceed along the footpath to a distance of 700 m North and again proceed along the Kabaragala Highway proceeding to a distance of 200 m. towards North & proceeding along the contour to a distance of 200 m. towards North & proceeding along the contour to a distance of 200m. towards North & proceeding North and 9 for a distance of 1k.m. Till you meet the 3500 contour and proceeding along the contour to a distance of 800 m East till you meet the Kelabokka Estate owned by State Plantation Corporation proceed along the boundary for a distance of 4 km. North East, till you meet the Nicholas 13 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 estate proceeding along the estate for a distance of 3 km. Northwards till you meet a footpath and proceed along the footpath for a distance of 500 m. Northward, from there proceed along the contour for a distance of 1 km. Northward till you meet an Ela proceed along the Highway to a distance of 200 m towards North, from there proceed along the same contour to a distance of 300 m. towards East proceed along boundary of Medawatta owned by State Plantation Corporation, to a distance of 300m, East till you meet an Ela proceed along the Ela to a distance of 200m North, thereafter proceed across 2 Nos. Ela along the same contour to a distance of 2.5 km., North till you meet Matale - Illukkumbura. Highway, proceed along the Highway towards Illukkumbura to a distance of 0.5 km from there proceed along the Ela to distance of 200m. towards, South from there proceed across 5 Nos. of small Elas to a distance of 1 km. Eastwards till you meet Moragolla Oya. Proceed upstream along the Moragolla Oya to a distance of 700 m. from there proceed along the boundary to a distance of 200m.North West till you meet a footpath, proceed along the footpath to a distance of about 300m. North proceed again 200m. South till you meet an Ela & Proceeding along the Ela southwards for a distance 100m. till you meet 3 Nos. of Elas proceeding across 3 Elas for a distance of 800m. East, till you meet an Ela & proceeding along the Ela for a distance of 100m. North & Proceed to a distance of 2 km. towards North West till you meet the Highway leading to Illukkumbura, proceeding along the highway towards Illukkumbura for a distance of 200m till you meet the boundary of Medawatta and the contour, proceed along the contour towards North for a distance of 300 m till you meet a footpath, proceed along the footpath for a distance of 300m till you meet the Dankandawatta owned by the State Plantation Corporation proceed along the South Boundary of the Dankandawatta for a distance of 200m. towards North till you meet a footpath and proceed along it for a distance of 300m. North and proceed for a distance of 0.5 km Northwards till you meet an Ela & proceed along the Ela for a distance of 100m. proceed till you come across a footpath & proceeding along the foot path towards North for a distance of 600m. till you meet an Ela, proceeding along the Ela for a distance of 400m. towards East proceeding again for a distance of 400m. West till you come across a footpath & proceed westwards along the footpath for a distance of 300m. proceed along the boundary to a distance of 200m. North, till you meet the Kattarantennewatta owned by Land Reform Commission processed along the boundary of the watta, towards North for a distance of 6 km. till you come to the 3500' contour. South: From the above point and the triangular point of Demalagala point meeting the straight line meeting point and the meeting point of Kandy/Matale district boundaries proceeding along the districts boundaries of the Southern corner of the Hunnasgiriya Estate and point in the 3500' contour becomes boundary. PART III This Part contains the Schedule of boundaries of the Knuckles Environmental Protection Area, which are situated in the Divisional Secretary’s Divisions of Pallegama and Wilgama in the Administrative District of Matale in the Central Province, based on Map No. Ma/Knuckles/98/10 prepared by the Survey General, which is bounded as follows: North : Proceed to distance of 260 m. East commencing from Guruwela Kivulawadiya road, proceed to a distance of 280m, North West, proceed to a distance of 75m. East, proceed again to a distance of 350m. South East, proceed to a distance of 400m. East, proceed again to a distance of 240m, towards South proceed to distance of 700m. towardsf North East, till you meet the Pallegama/Hettipola Highway - proceed along the Highway to a distance of 1.6 km. Eastwards, proceeding South towards Moragahaulpatha village to a distance of 1km, till you meet the Ela shown in the Western boundary of the Moragahaulpatha, depicted in the final village Plan No. 13 proceed along the Ela to a distance of 400 m proceed from this point to a distance of 3.5 km towards Southwards, and again proceed Eastwards for a distance of 100m. You come across Udadewala Ela and from this point proceed 65m. along the Ela proceed to a distance of 570m North to meet the Udadewala Ela preceed to a distance 150m, North, proceed again along the Moragahaulpatha boundary to a distance of 1.2 Km Eastwards. You come across the Mahawela Ela proceed to a distance of 14 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 130 m Northward and proceed again to a distance of 250m, North East, proceed to a distance of 900m. East wards, proceed to a distance of 600m. North West and proceed from this point to a distance of 1.2 km. towards North East till you meet the Batagampalagama shown in the F.V.P. No. 13, towards Nugepitiya. East : Commencing proceeding from the Northern corner of the Bathgampala village, to a distance of 2.8 k.m Southwards, and again proceed to a distance of 200m. towards West till you come across the Mirisyaya ela proceed Southwards to a distance of 400m. Along the ela proceed about 300m. NorthWest and proceeding about 2.7 k.m toward south, till you come across Hulugune, / Heenganga Highway; South : Proceed along the Henganga/Hulugunes Highways to a distance of 200m, toward Hulugune and proceed to a distance of 1.5 k.m. towards North Proceed from this point to a distance of 1.5 k.m. along the Eastern boundary of Hulugune village till you come across the Ela flowing from North, proceed from this point to a distance of 230m West and proceed to a distance of 1.6 k.m. towards South, proceed along the Western boundary of the Hulungune Village till you meet the Heenganga (the Kandy District boundary is met at this point.) West : Commencing from the point of Dewalagala triangular included in the 1st phase of the Knuckles forest Reserve boundary schedule, proceed to a distance of 2.5 k.m. near distance (This is the commencement of the knuckles 2nd phase) proceed to a distance of 1.1 km, Eastwards, till you meet the footpath leading from Kivulewadiya to Batalawatta proceed along the footpath to a distance of 1.6 km. Southwards, till you meet the Batalawatta Village and exclude it, proceed along the Eastern boundary to distance of 100m. till you meet an Ela proceed along the Ela Southwards to a distance of 160m. proceed to distance of 130m. South West proceed to a distance of 200m. North-west, proceed again to a distance of 150m. North-East, till you meet the footpath again and proceed along the footpath to a distance of 1.6 k. m. Northwards, and proceed to distance of 600m. towards North-East, proceed again to a distance of 600m. Westwards, towards Kivulawadiya Village (depicted in geographical base map No. 13) proceed along the Eastern boundary to a distance of 3.4 Km. Northwards, proceed to a distance of 1km. West, till you meet the Guruwela Kivulawadiya road, proceed towards Guruwela to distance of 1.1km. along the road North wards till you reach the commencement point of the Northern boundary. SCHEDULE II PERMITTED USES 1. All Projects, construction and /Infrastructure activities as approved by the Knuckles Environmental Protection Area Management Committee (KEPAMC). 2. Agricultural activities as approved by the Knuckles Environmental Protection Area Management Committee (KEPAMC). 3. Nature Trails, Foot paths, Walkways, camping sities and other eco-friendly activities. 4. Information Centres and Sale Centres. 5. Parking Sites for vehicles at location as approved by the Knuckles Environmental Protection Area Manage ment Committee (KEPAMC). 6. Small Food courts. 7. Education and Research Activities. 8. Reforestation in the manner and at the locations approved by the Knuckles Environmental Protection Area Management Committee (KEPAMC). 9. Mini Hydro-Power projects. 15 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 SCHEDULE III DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS SUBJECT TO WHICH THE PERMITTED USES ARE TO BE CARRIED OUT All the activities relating to development, extension, alteration and resource extraction within the Knuckles Environ mental Protection Area should be carried out in accordance with the conditions stipulated hereunder. 1. Steps to be taken to establish a Management Committee hereafter called Knuckles Environmental Protection Area Management Committee (KEPAMC) consisting of representatives of the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), the Forest Department (FD), the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MOE and NR), a person to represent the NGO’s which are actively engaged in projects within the area who shall be nominated by the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister to whom the subject of Environment is assigned, relevant Divisional Secretaries and relevant Local Authorities. The Committee shall function under the Chairmanship of the Forest Department. The Committee shall be responsible for the planning regulation and monitoring of all projects and activities carried out within the Environmental Protection Area. Any other agency could be co-opted as deemed necessary by the above Committee. 2. All Applications with regard to the development, extension and alteration activities received by the Local Authorities and other Government Institutions should be forwarded to the Forest Department with copy to CEA (Prescribed application Form will be made available at the relevant Local Authority). 3. Applications should be tabled at the KEPAMC prior to the grant of approval. 4. If any of the permitted uses described in Schedule II is a prescribed project under Part IV C of the National Environmental Act, No. 47 of 1980, the necessary approval should be obtained accordingly. 5. If the permitted use is not a prescribed project under Part IV C of the National Environmental Act, No. 47 of 1980, an Environmental Assessment should be carried out in accordance with the Provisions of Section 10H of the said Act. The decision of the KEPAMC in this regard will be final. 6. All the conditions specified in the Soil Conservation Act should be strictly adopted. 7. Guidelines prepared by the CEA, for the KEPAMC should be strictly followed. 8. No change of land use shall be allowed without the prior approval of the KEPAMC. The prospective developer should be made aware that no development of the said land should be carried out or any alteration to the environment made, before obtaining the written approval of the KEPAMC and relevant authority. 9. If the KEPAMC feels that any particular case should be decided on only with further consultation with any other organization/s other than those represented in the Committee, they may co-opt a representative from that agency to serve during the process of granting approving. 10. Execution of all development activities should be in total compliance with the stipulations approved by the KEPAMC and which are set out in the approved application. 11. Steps shall be taken to establish a monitoring committee with representatives of the Forest Department, the Central Environmental Authority and the relevant Local Authorities. To mobilize local communities living within the Knuckles Environmental Protection Area to facilitate the monitoring activities of the Committee. 12. To administer an Administrative Levy Scheme which will be prepared and adopted by the Central Environmen tal Authority, in order to process and evaluation project proposal and monitor the project activities. 13. To ensure that all areas of outstanding landscape/wildlife habitats/cultural/historical value should be conserved. 16 A I ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2007.07.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.07.2007 14. Exotic animal and plant species which possess invasive characteristics should not be introduced to the area. 15. Use of agro-chemicals within the Knuckles Environmental Protection Area shall be discouraged. 16. Setting fire within the Environmental Protection Area for any purpose is prohibited. 17. No new Cardamom Cultivations should be permitted and no new cardamom processing centers (eg. Drying barns) should be established in the Knuckles Environmental Protection Area. improvements and expansions to existing processing centers too shall not be permitted. 18. If any expansion or extension to any building within the Knuckles Environmental Protection Area is envisaged, approval for such expansion or extension should be obtained from the KEPAMC. 19. Where it is intended to convert any building within the Knuckles Environmental Protection Area for a commer cial activity, the prior approval of the KEPAMC should be obtained before a trade licence or permit is granted by the relevant Local Authority. 20. In the event of any conditions imposed by KEPAMC being violated, the Director-General of the CEA should direct the relevant Local Authority to take steps for the cancellation of the licence or permit issued. 21. The owners of any buildings, premises or other structures within the Knuckles Environmental Protection Area shall be required to keep such building, premises or other structures in an environmentally friendly manner in good repair and in keeping with sanitary by-laws. 08–244 PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA.