President Has Ordered Authorities To Demolish And Remove 18 Unauthorized Tourist Hotels In Mirissa

President Maithripala Sirisena has  instructed the Director General of the Coastal Conversation Department to demolish  and remove 18 unauthorized Tourist Hotels situated within 300 meters of land from the sea area in tourist attracted Mirissa coast (Southern Province) with immediatte effect.

Accordingly these unauthorized Hotels due to be removed within next week the Police have stated.

These unauthorized Tourist Hotels are illegal constructions as building constructions within 300 meter land area from the sea has been banned in Sri Lanka.

A Dutch female tourist was sexually molested by a group of persons located in Mirissa Coast recently and there were reports that these illegal constructions too caused most of the harrasments experienced by tourists in Mirissa sea coast.