Police stations in all liberated areas
Bandula Seneviratne - Vavuniya North Correspondent
Police stations will be set up in all liberated areas in the North
this year to facilitate normal civilian life and civil administration in
them, said IGP Mahinda Balasuriya.
He was speaking after opening the new police station on the A-32 road
at Pooneryn Sunday.
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Uthuru Vasanthaya |
| * New police
station opened under Uthuru Vasanthaya
* Foundation stones laid for
police stations in Mankulam, Killinochchi
* Resettlement progressing in
North |
Balasuriya said the new police station was set up under the
Government’s Uthuru Vasanthaya program on the initiative of the
President, Defence Secretary and Senior Presidential Advisor Basil
Rajapaksa.
Balasuriya said he has also laid the foundation stones for the
proposed new police stations at Mankulam and Killinochchi on that day.
Work would be completed within six months under the sponsorship of a
well-known private firm, he said. Balasuriya said several existing
buildings were utilized to open the Pooneryn police station which is the
last police outpost along the A-32 road.
He said nearly 10,000 people have re-settled in Pooneryn. The
resettlement program is progressing rapidly in the North with the people
busy rebuilding their homes and restarting their agriculture, fishing
and other vocations with great enthusiasm. They were motivated with a
sense of security and protection with the setting up of the new police
stations, he said.
Divisional Secretary of Pooneryn, Commander of the 66th brigade and
several other police and armed forces officials were present. |
