Basil Rajapaksa MP, officials visit Ranminitenna

Chamikara WEERASINGHE

The Government has beefed up security in Ranminitenna village in the Hambantota district on the orders of President Mahinda Rajapaksa following recent abductions and killings of farmers of the area.

Suspected LTTE terrorists have killed seven farmers within the last ten days. They have also abducted several villagers.

The President dispatched MP Basil Rajapaksa along with several Government officials to Ranminitenna on Saturday, to speak to the villagers, oversee security arrangements for the area.

Sources at the Presidential Secretariat said, the group met the villagers at the Ranminitenna Junior School, where they discussed matters affecting the village’s security and welfare.

MP Basil Rajapaksa said that a well planned security set up had already been laid in the area to ensure the security of the villagers.

He promised that the Government would not let the terrorists interfere with the day-to-day life of the people.

He said that steps would be taken without delay to improve infrastructure in Ranminitenna to ensure the smooth functioning of the people’s day-to-day activities. He also promised to take steps to supply electricity and water and to develop the road network in the village to ensure smooth movement of the civilians.