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Trinco MPs visit remote villages

Trincomalee correspondent

Trincomalee district MP R. Sampanthan and National List MP K. Thurairatnasingham both belonging to the Tamil United Liberation Front visited Pulmoddai and Thenamaravadi, two remote villages situated at the far end of Trincomalee district where the people suffered most.

They visited the Pulmoddai Muslim Maha Vidyalayam with 1,500 students on the roll, the Arafathnagar Vidyalayam and the Jinnahpuram Vidyalayam. These schools have no toilet facilities for both students and teachers and there is a severe shortage of English, Maths and Science teachers. The teachers' quarters and some of the school buildings require to be renovated. There is also a shortage of school furniture at these schools.

The two Members of Parliament visited the Peripheral Unit at Pulmoddai to find one medical officer rendering 24 hours service. Though there should be three medical officers only one MO is available. The two politicians were pleased with the services of the medical officer.

The shortcomings noticed were drugs shortage and the need of another ambulance. The labour room is at the entrance to the hospital and is uncomfortable. There is no attached toilet.

Pulmoddai is a thickly populated village depending mainly on agriculture and fishing. Though fishing is done the fishermen failed to adopt advanced methods in fishing.

The Parliamentarians feel that a large number of youth in the village could be found employment provided the ilmenite factory could be enlarged in order to expand the ilmenite production. They also suggest the opening of a fishery training school and an ice factory at Pulmoddai.

The two politicians also visited the village of Thennamaravadi which has been abandoned since 1984. The roads were in good condition but thorny bushes have grown on either side of the road preventing access at many places.

Ninety families who lived there were displaced and are now willing to resettle and also to cultivate their paddy lands. It has been found that the bund of Vannanthurai anicut was damaged and have to be renovated. The houses at Thennamaravadi are completely damaged and the village has to be completely rehabilitated.

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