Navy camps, police station in Silavatura

Sakuntala Jayasinghe

SILAVATURA: Two Navy camps and a police station have been set up in Silavatura to safeguard civilian life following the liberation of the area from LTTE clutches.

The two Navy camps are at Silavatura and Modaragammaruwa and the police station is at Silavatura.

Staff have already been assigned to the police station which has been set up to safeguard the daily activities of farmers and fishermen in Silavatura, Arippu, Mollikulama and Modaragammaruwa areas, Silavatura police OIC Inspector L.A.B. Ravikumara said. This police station will function under the purview of the Vavuniya police area.

A permanent army camp too is on to be set up in the area.

Meanwhile, two anti-personnel buries were detected at Viyangollewa in Batticaloa by Security Forces in the east during a search operation on September 19.