Sanctions for unauthorized land fillings are being freely given in the sun-setting province these days, they say. 

A confidante of a prominent politico hailing from Diyawanna area is said to be functioning as a high-up of the statutory body responsible for granting approval for land fillings and she had got this appointment thanks to her close connection to the politico.

This fair high-up is readily doing the politico’s bidding where she has to exercise her own discretion and authority. Therefore, the people seeking the statutory body’s approval for certain activity would first approach the politico without going straight to the fair high-up, they say.