He has done so in order to get an access road to a private land widened, people of the area charge.
A housing project is being planned at this nine-acre private property.
The then economic development ministry constructed the walking track on a request by SLFP organizer Neil Rupasinghe, Wattala-Mabola mayor A.H.M. Nowshad and western provincial councilor Janaka Suriyarachchi and opened it in 2013.
Pictures below show before and after the walking track and the plaque were demolished:
