Rishad Bathiudeen

Hon.
Rishad Bathiudeen
MP
Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Assumed office
23 April 2010
President Maithripala Sirisena
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
D. M. Jayaratne
Minister of Resettlement & Disaster Relief Services
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament
for Vanni District
Assumed office
2001
Personal details
Born (1972-11-27) November 27, 1972
Nationality Sri Lankan
Political party All Ceylon Makkal Congress
Residence 26B Summit Flats, Keppetipola Mawatha, Colombo 05
Alma mater University of Moratuwa
Profession Engineer
Website http://www.rishadbathiudeen.lk

Abdu Rishad Bathiudeen is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and the Minister of Industry & Commerce of Sri Lanka since April 2010. He is the Leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) Party, a registered political party in Sri Lanka. Bathiudeen was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) from the Vanni Electoral District in December 2001 and was re-elected in April 2004, after which he was again re-elected in April 2010 and 2015 June from the same Electoral District which comprises Vavuniya, Mannar and Mullathivu Administrative Districts. Rishad Bathiudeen holds a National Diploma in Technology (NDT) in Civil Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Engineering (C.I.E.), UK.

Willpattu Deforestation

Several environmental organizations and civil organizations accused Minister Rishad Bathiudeen for deforestation of the Wilpattu National Park. Resettlement in the Kallaru forest had commenced in 2011 and 2012 under Northern Spring (Uthuru Wasanthaya) project under Minister Rishad Bathiudeen has strongly affected the forest area.[1] However Rishad Bathiudeen denied the allegations.[2] On 3 August 2018 the Court of Appeal dismissed an affidavit presented by Bathiudeen relating to the resettlement of Muslim IDPs in Wilpattu Forest Reserve.[3] The Court of Appeal ordered that the case be taken up for trial on 12 November 2018.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Environmentalists to protest deforestation of Wilpattu National Park tomorrow". colombopage.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Indications that destruction of Wilpattu National Park is ongoing (Watch Report)". newsfirst.lk. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Aug 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Court of Appeal today dismissed an affidavit presented by the Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen". Colombopage.com. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  • "Rishad Bathiudeen". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka.



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