More families resettled
Lakshmi de Silva
Another group of families were resettled in Konarpannai area in
Mannar yesterday. They were chased out of their villages by the LTTE in
1990 giving them 24 hours to quit.
There are 55 families including 155 persons and they were given dry
rations for two weeks Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services Ministry
officials told the Daily News yesterday.
The Ministry will provide assistance to rebuild their damaged houses
and they will be awarded compensation so that they could rebuild their
normal lives after living as refugees for 18 years.
Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services Minister Rishard
Bathiutheen and the District Secretary Nicholas Pillai and other
officials participated on the occasion yesterday.
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