Resettlement programme in final stage

Ridma Dissanayake

The resettlement programme which was launched by the government with the end of the humanitarian mission in the Northern and Eastern Provinces is now in its final stage, Army Media Spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya said.

According to the Army Spokesman around, 284,000 persons in Northern and Eastern Provinces have been already resettled with another 6,022 persons to be resettled.

These 6,022 are the persons who have to be resettled in Mullativu, Pudukudirippu, Wellamulla and Waikkal areas and also to be resettled in certain areas after completing clearance of landmines.

"The resettlement of IDPs in their own villages is very important to enable them to live in a peaceful environment,"he further explained.