Special identity card for IDPs
Lakshmi de Silva
A special identity card will be issued to the IDPs in the welfare
villages in Vavuniya from tomorrow and already sixty percent of the data
needed to issue identity cards has been processed Resettlement and
Disaster Relief Service Ministry Secretary U.L.M.Haldeen said.
The identity cards for all IDPs over 10 years will be issued under
the supervision of the Senior DIG Mahinda Balasuriya and the process is
expected to be completed within three to four weeks.
It will help the IDPs in their resettlement as well as the
authorities to process the data about them. He said that the IDPs were
provided with food, water and sanitation and medical services and
Government agencies with INGOs were providing resources and services.
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