Special Notice from defense Ministry
By the direction of his excellency, Maithreipala Sirisena, the President and the Minister of defense in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Srilanka for the purpose of preventing destruction of forests caused by unauthorized tree cutting (in terms of a decision taken by the ministry of defense) its hereby informed that all chainsaw machines currently utilized by Government, Semi Government, private sector institutions or by individuals island wide should be presented at the nearest police station and registered license obtained within the period from 20 to 28 February 2019,
