Another food shipment to Mullaitivu

Rasika SOMARATHNA

Barely 48 hours after the Government transported 46 MT of food and medicine to uncleared areas of Mullaitivu using sea routes on Tuesday, another vessel carrying a fresh stock of essential food items and medicine to the same area, was scheduled to leave Trincomalee yesterday evening.

Commissioner General of Essential Services S.B Divaratne said that the fresh stock would be unloaded at Puttumattalan and would be handed over to the Additional Government Agent, to be distributed through the cooperative outlets. This will be the second stock to reach the Mullaitivu district within two days by sea routes, following the shipment on Tuesday, which according to Divarathne has already being distributed among IDP’s.

The food shipments, would continue until a land based route is established Divaratne said, adding that another one was scheduled to follow this one on Saturday.

After unloading, these Vessels would also be used to transport patients from Mullaitivu to Trincomalee, with the assistance of the ICRC Divarathne added.