Resettlement

Image courtesy of Ceylon Today. In a letter to President Sirisena leader of the TNA, R. Sampanthan  requested  to release the land at Keppapulavu, Mullaitivu District belonging to displaced Tamil Civilian without delay. The letter further says that “It is more than a decade since the civilians were compelled to vacate the Land; it is more […]

Image: ”Edward Selyn was displaced in 1996 with her family. Eight years after the war ended and months after her return, she still feels displaced.” Ms. Selyn with her grandchildren at the protest site. | Photo Credit: Meera Srinivasan Meera Srinivasan. It is time for the Sri Lankan government to get its act together on the […]

By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan. The people of the North and East came to the street protesting and urging the release of their lands that were taken by the military. Their daring protests have been ‘heard’ and several lands occupied by the security forces are being released gradually paving the way for Tamils to resettle. However, […]

( Tamils family in newly released land; photo:athavaneng.com) The Ministry of Rehabilitation and Resettlement yesterday announced the release of over 450 acres of military-controlled land to private owners, in the latest reconciliation efforts made by the Government. The Ministry of Defence has identified 454.2 acres of land in Thelipallai D.S. Division for release to private […]

( File photo: requesting their land in Valikamam ) The Army has agreed to release to civilians 700 more acres of private land occupied by it in the Valikamam North area in Jaffna, District Secretary N. Vedhanayagan said.He said this was in response to a request made by him to the military to release 1,500 […]

T. Ramakrishnan. Sri Lankan security forces have released 700 more acres and the Kankesanthurai railway station in the Northern Province, a few days before the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, is to give an update to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on the status of implementation of the October […]

[Displaced Sri Lankan Tamil civilians seen at the Kadirgamh camp in Chettikulam, north Sri Lanka. (Photo: AP)] PTI- Colombo: Sri Lanka will by year-end resettle all people, including the minority Muslims and the Sinhalese, who were displaced during the nearly three-decade-long war against the LTTE, a senior minister said on Sunday. “We have six months […]

( Myliddy; image courtesy Tamildiplomat) Tamil politicians this week stepped up calls on the Sri Lankan military to release occupied land in the fishing village of Myliddy. Recalling the Sri Lankan president’s pledge to release all land held by the military in Valikaamam North during a recent visit to the North-East, the chief minister of […]

( Demanding their land back, in Jaffna) T. Ramakrishnan. The Sri Lankan Army is planning to return shortly 400 acres of land in the Northern Province to its owners, according to a senior government official. This includes 200 acres in Tellipalai, Jaffna. Asked how soon the release of lands will take place, the official at […]

(Thousands of houses in Jaffna were destroyed during the war) Cabinet has decided to appoint a ministerial committee chaired by the President and including the Prime Minister and other relevant ministers to look into the resettlment of Sinhalese and Muslims who had to flee the North of the country due to the war. According to […]

President Maithripala Sirisena has given instructions to the relevant officials to finalize the process of identification of lands for the resettlement of internally displaced persons in the North by next Friday (June 03). He gave these instructions during a special meeting on the resettlement of displaced people in North and East, held at the Presidential […]

(IDPs in Jaffna – File photo) The Ministry of Resettlement, Reconstruction and Hindu Religious Affairs is holding talks for the release of 18,000 acres of land in the North from security forces’ occupation to resettle displaced Northern Tamils on their own lands, Minister D.M. Swaminathan told the Sunday Observer. An extent of 44,548 acres is […]