TNA parliamentarian Shivashakthi Anandan has said that civilians who were in the Punthottam and Sithambapuram in Vavuniya for the past 17 years due to the conflict in the Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi areas in the Jaffna District have been asked to immediately vacate the camps and return to their home towns.
There are 830 persons from 252 families in the Punthottam camp and 921 persons from 275 families in the Sithambapuram and they are faced with a great difficulty in being asked to vacate the camp they have been residing in for the past 17 years in such a hurry.
While there are school going children also in the camps, this sudden decision has posed a problem for them to continue in their studies as well. When Anandan had inquiredabout the matter from the Vavuniya District Secretary he had been informed that the order was made following a Presidential directive.
Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi areas were affected by the floods. The persons who were resettled earlier are still under trees. If there are more people taken there would be a bigger problem, Anandan says.
Vavuniya District Secretary P.M. Charles said that the displaced persons are being resettled in their former home towns together with the Resettlement Ministry.
When asked if the Presidential Secretariat had ordered these people to be resettled before the forthcoming local government elections, Charles said that the order was given by the Presidential Task Force.
Source ; lankanewsweb
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