1066 resettled in North

1066 resettled in North[ Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 05:21.25 AM GMT +05:30 ]One thousand and sixty six displaced people left their temporary camps in Vavuniya to be resettled in the original places of residence at Vallipuram and Puthukudirippu in the Mullaitivu district, the Resettlement Ministry said yesterday.

The ministry said 630 of them had lived in the Kadirgamar temporary relief village while the rest were from the Ananda Kumaraswami village.

Resettlement Minister Gunaratna Weerakoon said the displaced people had been resettled after the land mines had been cleared and confirmation obtained that the area was safe.

He said the government would provide dry rations for six months until the newly settled people could fend for themselves and added that infrastructure facilities such as electricity, roads and livelihood would be provided by the government.

The minister said each of the families who left the camps were given a parcel of dry rations worth Rs.4,500 at a total cost of Rs.1.2 million.

The minister said 254,039 people had been resettled so far in the Northern Province and those still living in camps would be resettled before the end of this year adding that President Mahinda Rajapaksa had asked the relevant authorities to complete the process of resettlement as early as possible.

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